turbinate
Coiled nasal structure
Turbinate describes something shaped like a spinning top or spiral scroll—coiled in a cone.
The term appears most often in anatomy, where the turbinate bones (or turbinates) are scroll-shaped structures inside the nasal cavity that warm and humidify inhaled air: Swollen turbinates can cause chronic nasal congestion.
In botany, turbinate describes top-shaped fruits or shells.
Wound document of parchment
- whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges
- spiralCurve winding around center
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
shell-like · rolled · coiled · volute · helical · concha · scrolled · whorled
Moist organ lining
septum · inferior · middle · superior · meatus · sphenoid · olfactory · cartilage
Inflamed nasal membrane
- sinusitisInflamed nasal cavities
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- polypsFixed aquatic invertebrates
- deviated septumMisaligned nasal partition
postnasal drip · allergies · nasal obstruction · inflammation · snoring · sleep apnea · reduction · cauterization
Movement of atmosphere
- humidificationAdding atmospheric moisture
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- warmingIncreasing in temperature
- mucus productionSecretion of protective slime
olfaction · respiration · inhalation · air conditioning · cilia · air resistance · laminar flow · turbulence
scroll
Wound document of parchment
- whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges
- spiralCurve winding around center
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
curved · shell-like · rolled · coiled · volute · helical · concha · scrolled · whorled · turbinal
mucosa
Moist organ lining
nasal · septum · inferior · middle · superior · meatus · sphenoid · olfactory · cartilage · cavity
rhinitis
Inflamed nasal membrane
- sinusitisInflamed nasal cavities
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- polypsFixed aquatic invertebrates
deviated septum · postnasal drip · allergies · nasal obstruction · inflammation · snoring · sleep apnea · reduction · cauterization · decongestion
airflow
Movement of atmosphere
- humidificationAdding atmospheric moisture
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- warmingIncreasing in temperature
mucus production · olfaction · respiration · inhalation · air conditioning · cilia · air resistance · laminar flow · turbulence
- Nosenose, nostril, nostrils, nares, nasal
- spiralsspiral, helix, logarithmic spiral, coil, whorl
- shellsseashells, sea shells, shell, clam, oyster
- skull anatomyskull, cranium, frontal bone, braincase, mandible
- nasal anatomynasal cavity, nasal septum, nostril, nostrils, nasal passage
- Nose Surgeryrhinoplasty, septoplasty, nose job, nose reshaping, nasal surgery