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Preferred Label : Nasal Turbinate;

NCIt related terms : Nasoturbinate; Nasal Concha; Nasal turbinate structure (body structure);

NCIt definition : One of three (Inferior, Middle, Superior) paired bony shelves located within the nasal cavity through which inhaled air is taken into the nasopharynx. It is lined with ciliated, pseudostratified columnar epithelium and functions to humidify, heat, and filter incoming air, as well as protecting the olfactory bulb and sinuses from incorrectly pressurized incoming air.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: The bone that protrudes into the nasal cavity from the skull, variably covered by respiratory, transitional or olfactory epithelium.;

Codes from synonyms : 46607005;

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