Concha Anatomy

Nasal concha also called turbinate or turbinal any of several thin scroll shaped bony elements forming the upper chambers of the nasal cavities. The conchae are shaped like an elongated seashell which gave them their name.

Superior Nasal Concha Zygomatic Bone Anatomy Temporal Bone

The nasal conchae plural of concha are also sometimes called turbinates.

Concha anatomy. The concha is the shell shaped structure of the cavity of the external ear. The tragus is the small epidermal fold just in front of the ear canal. Also called conch.

It is partly covered by two small projections the. Anatomy of human ear in auricle in the auricle called the concha leads to the external auditory canal or meatus. Outer ear acoustic meatus is called the concha.

The one portion of the auricle that has no cartilage is. A concha is any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in vertebrates. In anatomy a nasal concha plural conchae also called a turbinate or turbinal is a long narrow curled shelf of bone that protrudes into the breathing passage of the nose in humans and various animals.

Anatomy any of various structures such as the external ear that resemble a shell in shape. The aperture opens into the ear canal. In humans the conchae divide the nasal airway into 4 groove like air passages and are responsible for forcing inhaled air to flow.

They increase the surface area of these cavities thus providing for rapid warming and humidification of air as it passes to the lungs. Architecture the half dome over an apse. Anatomy the inferior nasal conchae are a pair of bones with one concha on either side that separates the middle and lower nasal meatus or nasal cavity.

The antitragus is the inferior margin of cartilage opposite the tragus.

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