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turbinate bone
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001762
the small curved bones that extends horizontally along the lateral wall of the nasal passage [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Term info
Label
turbinate bone
Synonyms
- ossified nasal turbinal
- ossified nasal turbinate
- ossified turbinate
- turbinal bone
- turbinate bone
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Gray153.png
external ontology notes
FMA considers nasal concha and nasal concha of ethmoid bone to be synonymous. We disambiguate these here
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
concha
id
UBERON:0001762
taxon notes
Turbinals are only ossified in birds and derived synapsids., In humans, the turbinates divide the nasal airway into three groove-like air passages -and are responsible for forcing inhaled air to flow in a steady, regular pattern around the largest possible surface of cilia and climate controlling tissue.