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Saturday March 13, 2010 11:08 am
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The Human Skull |
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The inferior nasal concha is a very thin, porous, and
fragile, paired bone basically elongated and curled upon itself. It lays in the
horizontal plane and is attached to the lateral wall of the nasal cavity. By way
of the maxillary process on the bone's lateral surface, it is attached to the
maxilla, and by way of the lacrimal, ethmoid and palatine processes to each of
the bones which assist in forming the lateral wall of the nasal cavity. By
projecting into the nasal cavity, the medial surface of the inferior nasal
concha assists in increasing the surface area within the cavity and thus
increases the amount of mucus membrane and olfactory nerve endings exposed to
inhaled odors.
An inferior nasal concha touchs, or articulates with, the following bones:
- Ethmoid
- Lacrimal
- Maxilla
- Palatine
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