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The Nose & Paranasal Sinuses
The Nose & Paranasal Sinuses
The Nose & Paranasal Sinuses
SINUSES
NOSE
1. RESPIRATORY AIRWAY
2. AIR CONDITIONING BY
HEATING AND
HUMIDIFICATION
3. PROTECTIVE
FILTRATION AND
CILIARY MECHANISM
4. OLFACTION
5. VOCAL RESONANCE
6. NASAL CONSONANTS
7. NASAL REFLEX
FUNCTIONS
PARANASAL SINUSES
NUMEROUS FUNCTIONS
HAVE BEEN PROPOSED
BUT WITHOUT
EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE.
SOME ARE 1. SUPPLEMENTARY AIR
CONDITIONING CHAMBER
2. VOCAL RESONANCE
3. VESTIGIAL OLFACTION
ESP. IN LOWER ANIMALS
4. THERMAL INSULATORS
5. AID TO BALANCE OF
HEAD
LATERAL WALL OF
NOSE
Nerve and
blood supply
of lateral
wall
lat wall into
quadrants by a
simple + sign: