Anatom3DInferior nasal conchae
Conchae nasales inferiores · Dolní nosní skořepy
Skeleton
Looks like
A curled scroll of thin bone along the lower side wall of each nasal cavity, covered in thick lining.
What it does
Supports the lowest turbinate that warms, moistens and filters incoming air.
Keeping it well
Its lining swells in allergy and colds; decongestant sprays used longer than about a week cause rebound blockage.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Achondroplasia
- Acromegaly
- Brain abscess
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Sarcoma
- Traumatic brain injury (moderate to severe)
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency