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Nasal Anatomy

Aka: Nasal Anatomy, Nose Anatomy, Cribiform Plate, Kiesselbach's Area, Kiesselbach's Plexus, Little's Area
  1. See Also
    1. Head and Neck Anatomy
    2. Neurologic Anatomy of the Nose
    3. Olfactory Bulb
  2. Anatomy: Support
    1. Bony Support
      1. Lateral: Maxilla
      2. Superior: Frontal Bone nasal process
      3. Central: Paired nasal bones
    2. Cartilage
      1. Cartilage extends from inferior edge of nasal bones
      2. Cartilage provides most of nasal pliable form
  3. Anatomy: Vascular Supply
    1. Ethmoid Artery (branch of ophthalmic artery)
      1. Supplies anterior and superior nose
      2. Supplies Kiesselbach's Area or plexus (Little's Area)
        1. Supplies anterior septum
        2. Most common site for Epistaxis
    2. Sphenopalatine Artery (branch of Maxillary artery)
      1. Supplies posterior nose
  4. Anatomy: Nerve Supply
    1. Sensation: Branches of Cranial Nerve V (CN 5)
      1. Ethmoidal Nerve (V1): Anterior superior nose
      2. Infraorbital Nerve (V2): Anterior inferior septum
      3. Pterygopalatine Ganglion (V2): posterior nose
    2. Smell: Olfactory Nerves (Cranial Nerve 1)
      1. CN I forms Olfactory Bulb over Cribiform Plate
      2. Olfactory Bulb branches into many Olfactory Nerves
      3. Innervates olfactory mucosa in superior nose
  5. Anatomy: Images
    1. General
      1. entPharynxNasalPosteriorGrayBB1029.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
      2. entPharynxNasalPosteriorGrayBB1203.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    2. Bone
      1. entNasalBoneRtGrayBB155.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
      2. entNasalBoneRtInnerGrayBB156.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    3. Septal wall bone
      1. entNoseSeptumVomerBoneGrayBB173.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
      2. entNasalSeptumGrayBB195.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
      3. entNasalSeptumGrayBB853.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    4. Lateral wall bone
      1. entNoseLateralWallGrayBB196.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
      2. entNoseLateralGrayBB855.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
      3. entNoseLateralNoConchaGrayBB856.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    5. Cartilage
      1. entNasalSeptumCartilageGrayBB852.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
      2. entNasalSeptumCartilageGrayBB854.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    6. Nerve
      1. See Olfactory Nerve (Cranial Nerve 1)

Nose (C0028429)

Definition (MSH) A part of the upper respiratory tract. It contains the organ of SMELL. The term includes the external nose, the nasal cavity, and the PARANASAL SINUSES.
Definition (FMA) *Subdivision of face which consists of the nasal skeleton, nasal septum and nasal cavity.
Definition (MSHCZE) Jedná se o část horních cest dýchacích. Ta obsahuje orgán ČICHU. Deskriptor zahrnuje také zevní část nosu, nosní dutiny a vedlejší nosní dutiny (SINUS PARANASALES).
Definition (UWDA) Subdivision of face which consists of the nasal skeleton, nasal septum and nasal cavity.
Definition (NCI_CDISC) A structure of special sense serving as an organ of the sense of smell and as an entrance to the respiratory tract. (NCI)
Definition (NCI) A structure of special sense serving as an organ of the sense of smell and as an entrance to the respiratory tract.
Definition (NCI_NCI-GLOSS) By or having to do with the nose.
Definition (CSP) specialized structure that serves as an organ of the sense of smell as well as part of the respiratory system; the term includes the external structure, through the nasal cavity, sinuses and up to the nasopharynx.
Concepts Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023)
MSH D009666
SnomedCT 45206002, 260540009
HL7 NOSE, NASL, NOS
LNC LP7443-7
English Nose, Noses, Nasus, Structure of nose, Structure of nose, unspecified, noses, nasals, nasal structure, nose, nasal, NOSE, Nasal, Nasal structure, Nasal (qualifier value), Nasal structure (body structure), Nose, NOS, Nose (Nasal Passage)
Swedish Näsa
Czech nos
Finnish Nenä
Russian NOS, НОС
Croatian NOS
Latvian Deguns
Polish Nos
Japanese はな, 鼻
Norwegian Nese
Spanish estructura nasal (estructura corporal), estructura nasal, nariz, nasal (calificador), nasal, Nariz
French Nez
German Nase
Italian Naso
Dutch Neus
Portuguese Nariz
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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