Nasal mucosa
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| Nasal mucosa | |
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| Latin | tunica mucosa nasi, membrana mucosa nasi |
| Greek | shaula |
| MeSH | D009297 |
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The nasal mucosa lines the
sphenoidal, and maxillary sinuses, through the several openings in the nasal meatuses. The mucous membrane is thickest, and most vascular, over the nasal conchae. It is also thick over the nasal septum where increased numbers of goblet cells produce a greater amount of nasal mucus. It is very thin in the meatuses on the floor of the nasal cavities, and in the various sinuses
. It is one of the most commonly infected tissues in adults and children. Inflammation of this tissue may cause significant impairment of daily activities, with symptoms such as stuffy nose, headache, mouth breathing, etc.
Owing to the thickness of the greater part of this membrane, the nasal cavities are much narrower, and the middle and inferior nasal conchæ appear larger and more prominent than in the skeleton; also the various apertures communicating with the meatuses are considerably narrowed.
Structure
The
fauces and respiratory passages play an important role in the maintenance of an equable temperature, by the moisture with which they keep the surface always slightly lubricated.[4]
Notes
- PMID 22073111.
- ^ "Respiratory mucosa". mesh.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ISBN 0060466693.
- ^ a b
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918): Henry Gray (1918). Anatomy of the Human Body. Lea & Febiger. p. 996.
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