The conchae are structures made of bone helping control the airflow into your nose, as well as clean and warm inhaled air. Concha bullosa happens when one of the conchae, or turbinates, inside ...

The nose is a major gateway to our bodies—for the air we breathe, the aromas we smell and the microbes that make us sick. On its way in, the air passes through nasal conchae, or turbinates—the ...

Cross-section of the nasal cavity and conchae of a mouse that was given a nasal vaccination. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07729-x ...

The image reveals the conchae inside the nasal cavity of a song sparrow, taken from a 3D reconstruction built on enhanced-contrast micro-CT scans. (Image credit: Eric Gulson and Mary Margaret Ferraro) ...

"The nasal conchae have vessels that are strongly supplied with blood. The nasal sprays have an effect on these," says Thomas Deitmer from the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology.