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Turbinate
Turbinate Tur"bi*nate, v. i.
To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
Turbinate
Turbinate Tur"bi*nate, Turbinated Tur"bi*na`ted, a. [L.
turbinatus, turbo, turben, -inis, a whirl, top.]
1. Whirling in the manner of a top.
A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole.
--Bentley.
2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the
base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary,
pericarp, or root.
3. (Anat.) Turbinal.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from
a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
Meaning of Turbinates from wikipedia
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turbinates condense moisture from the air and
absorbs it for reuse. Dogs and
other canids possess well-developed
nasal turbinates.
These turbinates allow...
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conchae or
turbinates,
predominantly the
inferior turbinates,
which are by far the
largest of the
turbinates in each
nasal fossa.
Turbinates consist of...
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nasal turbinate surgery or injury.
Patients have
usually undergone a
turbinectomy (removal or
reduction of
structures inside the nose
called turbinates) or...
- "concha") or
turbinates.
These turbinates disrupt the airflow,
directing air
toward the
olfactory epithelium on the
surface of the
turbinates and the septum...
- the
inferior turbinates. In the case of
turbinate reduction, only
small amounts of
turbinate tissue are
removed because the
turbinates are essential...
- septoplasty. A
turbinectomy is
usually performed to
resolve turbinate hypertrophy,
where the
turbinates are
swollen and enlarged.
Common causes of this condition...
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through the
nasal cavity they widen, are
known as
nasal fossae, and
contain turbinates and
olfactory mucosa. The
nasal cavity also
connects to the paranasal...
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monotremes is a
secondarily evolved trait.
Modern mammals have
respiratory turbinates,
convoluted structures of thin bone in the
nasal cavity.
These are lined...
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tracheostomy and
choanal atresia. The nose is not used for air flow and the
turbinates become swollen due to loss of
vasomotor control. In
choanal atresia there...
- mucus-covered
respiratory turbinates, tissue-covered bony
sheets in the
nasal cavity.
Several dinosaurs have
olfactory turbinates, used for smell, but none...
