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AN IMPROVED TECHNIC FOR THEIR REMOVAL

EDWARD F. ZIEGELMAN, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1932;15(2):261-267.

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There are three turbinate bones in each nasal fossa, with an anomalous fourth one present at times. They serve to keep the nasal passages moist and to act as a protective barrier against foreign bodies and other minute particles. Physiologically, they are closely related to the circulatory and neurogenic systems. Because of this, they are subject to a wide range of anatomic changes. In addition, the inferior and middle turbinates have a mechanical function. Anatomically, they are shelves suspended from the lateral nasal wall. In this way they serve as modified drain gutters conveying secretions in the proper direction. This mechanical directing influence is of paramount importance in relation to the secretions of the paranasal sinuses, whether these secretions be physiologic or pathologic.

A study of the nasal wall of a wet or dry anatomic specimen demonstrates readily the turbinate shelves, their influence on the directing of secretions . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SAN FRANCISCO

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, July 6, 1931.

Dr. Edward C. Sewall and his associates of the Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, as well as the Department of Surgical Pathology of the Stanford Medical School, furnished the anatomic material used in the preparation of this article.

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