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# {{lb|en|anatomy}} The [[vaulted]] [[chamber]] that lies between the floor of the [[cranium]] and the roof of the [[mouth]] of higher [[vertebrate]]s extending from the [[external]] [[naris|nares]] to the [[pharynx]], being [[enclose]]d by [[bone]] or [[cartilage]] and usually [[incompletely]] divided into [[lateral]] halves by the [[septum]] of the [[nose]], and having its walls lined with [[mucous membrane]] that is rich in [[venous]] [[plexus]]es and [[ciliate]]d in the lower part which forms the beginning of the [[respiratory]] [[passage]] and warms and [[filter]]s the [[inhale]]d air and that is [[modify|modified]] as [[sensory]] [[epithelium]] in the upper [[olfactory]] part. |
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# {{lb|en|anatomy}} A large air-filled space above and behind the [[nose]] in the middle of the [[face]]. |
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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|fossa nasal|f}}, {{t+|ca|cavitat nasal|f}} |
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|fossa nasal|f}}, {{t+|ca|cavitat nasal|f}} |
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* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|鼻腔|tr= |
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|鼻腔|tr=bí qiāng}} |
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* Czech: {{t|cs|nosní dutina|f}} |
* Czech: {{t|cs|nosní dutina|f}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|neusholte}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|neusholte}} |
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* German: {{t|de|Nasenhöhle|f}} |
* German: {{t|de|Nasenhöhle|f}} |
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* Greek: {{t|el|ρινικές κοιλότητες}} |
* Greek: {{t|el|ρινικές κοιλότητες}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|orrüreg}} |
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|orrüreg}} |
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* Italian: {{t|it|cavità nasali}} |
* Italian: {{t|it|cavità nasali}} |
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* Japanese: {{t+|ja|鼻腔|tr= |
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|鼻腔|tr=びこう, bikō; びくう, bikū}} |
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*: Northern Kurdish: {{t|kmr|difinekelên}} |
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t|kmr|difinekelên}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|näshåla|c}} |
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|näshåla|c}} |
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Revision as of 07:52, 17 July 2021
English
Noun
nasal cavity (plural nasal cavities)
- (anatomy) The vaulted chamber that lies between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth of higher vertebrates extending from the external nares to the pharynx, being enclosed by bone or cartilage and usually incompletely divided into lateral halves by the septum of the nose, and having its walls lined with mucous membrane that is rich in venous plexuses and ciliated in the lower part which forms the beginning of the respiratory passage and warms and filters the inhaled air and that is modified as sensory epithelium in the upper olfactory part.
Translations
air-filled space behind nose
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References
- “nasal cavity”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.