nose

Introduction

Part of the respiratory tract above the hard palate.

Function

• Olfaction
• Respiration
• Filtration of dust
• Humidification of inspired air
• Reception of secretions from the paranasal sinuses & nasolacrimal ducts

Constituents

• external nose & nasal cavity

More general terms

• respiratory system structure

More specific terms

• frontonasal duct
• limen nasi; threshold of nose
• nasal atrium; atrium of middle nasal meatus
• nasal cartilage
• nasal crest
• nasal meatus
• nasal vestibule; vestibule of nose
• palatovaginal/pharyngeal canal
• sphenoethmoidal recess

Additional terms

• saddle nose deformity

Component of

• face

Components

• external nose
• nasal nare (nostril)
• pharyngeal recess/fossa, (fossa of Rosenmuller)
• nasal cavity
• nasal septum
• nasal mucosa