A skeletal element of the ethmoid region with complex morphology that are lined with mucuous membranes involved in either olfaction or air conditioning. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_concha http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/bones/braincase/ethmoid.html ]
Synonyms: turbinal turbinate nasal turbinal nasal turbinate nasal turbinal element
Term information
consult http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25312359 to add missing structures, e.g. ectoturbinals
Term relations
- endochondral element
- located in some nasal cavity
- only in taxon some Tetrapoda
- part of some ethmoid region