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To trap dust and debris. They are boney like prominences located in your nose.

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support the nose, its like shell structure

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They warm and moisten the air.

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The purpose of the nasal conchae is to to enhance the air turbulence in the cavity and to increase the mucosal surface area exposed to the air?

yes


What are fleshy lobes in the nasal cavity which increase surface area?

Conchae


Conchae are processes of what bones?

The superior and middle conchae are processes of the ethmoid bone whereas the inferior concha is an independent paired bone.


Superior and medial nasal conchae formed from it's projections?

The Superior and medial nasal conchae is located in the Ethmoid Bone. So I believe the answer would be Ethmoid.


Superior and medical nasal conchae are part of this bone?

The superior and medial nasal conchae is part of the ethmoid bone of the cranium. Ethmoid bone separates nasal cavity from the brain.


What its the job of the conchae?

The conchae form the upper chambers of the nasal cavities. They increase the surface area of these cavities. That allows for rapid warming and humidification of air before it passes into the lungs


What are conchae and meatuses?

Conchae is the plural of concha, which is an anatomical term for any external structure that resembles a shell in shapeMeatuses is the plural of meatus, which is an anatomical term for a natural opening or channel


Scroll shaped bone?

middle and inferior nasal conchae


Superior and medial nasal conchae form what projections?

the ethmoid bone


What is the bony projections in the nasal cavities that increase surface areas are called?

The bony projections are called the superior, middle and inferior conchae. They increase surface area to warm and moisten incoming air.


Does the inferior conchae form part of the hard palate?

true im a doctor


Do the lungs filter warm and humidfy the air entering the body?

No, the conchae in the nasal cavity does