Contents:
- Medical Video: What the inside of the nose looks like
- See the anatomy of the nose according to the entrance of air
- 1. Nasal Vestibule
- 2. Conchae
- Other parts of the nose are seen from the outside
- The boundary between the oral cavity and the nasal cavity
- The nose is visible from the front
Medical Video: What the inside of the nose looks like
The nose is the olfactory organ located in the middle of the face. The body can get oxygen through the nasal organs that catch air. In addition to functioning to capture air, the nose also functions as a sense that can capture the scent, and cleanse the outside air that enters. Now have you known the anatomy of your nose? Here is the review
See the anatomy of the nose according to the entrance of air
The nose has 2 separate holes which are limited by the cartilage called the septum. The air will enter through the nostrils or also called nostril. Nostril is the entrance that will bring air deeper into the nasal cavity.
From here, there are various anatomy of the nose that the air passes through until it finally reaches the lungs. This is the nose anatomy that you should know.
1. Nasal Vestibule
After the air enters the nostril the air will enter the room called the nasal vestibule. Nasal vestibule is the room behind your flexible nose. This nasal vestibule is coated with epithelial tissue that has coarse hairs. This feather is also called nose hair. There is a lot of nose hair in this room.
When there are large air particles, such as sand, powder, even insects that enter the nostril will be trapped in these hairs. The nose hair functions to block foreign objects other than the air entering deeper into the nasal cavity.
2. Conchae
After passing through the nasal vestibule and escaping from the nose hairs, then the air will enter the nasal cavity through a section called conchae.
This conchae has 3 parts, the superior part (top), the middle part, and the inferior part (bottom). When air enters, the air will spin in this part of the coanche and touch the mucus that lines the nasal cavity.
In this part of the nose, the air will be processed and the temperature changed according to body temperature. Air currents that rotate in the conchae section will also provide stimulation to the olfactory nerve in the nasal cavity that there is a smell detected. This stimulus is then conveyed to the brain, until finally the brain deduces what smell is being smelled at that time.
After the air passes through the cochae, then the air will be passed in the direction of the nasopharynx, the room that connects the nose and oral cavity. Furthermore, air will enter into other organs outside the nasal cavity, namely the larynx, trachea, until it is processed towards the lungs.
Other parts of the nose are seen from the outside
The boundary between the oral cavity and the nasal cavity
If seen (the picture above), the nasal cavity is visible at the top and the oral cavity below it. Both of these are separated by palatine (palate) bones. This bone is formed from the front to the back. As long as the palatine bone is hard textured and deeper into the bone, this bone is flexible textured, also known as soft palate (soft palate).
Soft palatine extends to the nasopharynx (nasopharynx) almost entering the oropharynx (Oropharynx). This soft palatine separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity to the back so that no food can enter the nasal cavity, but it is passed to the esophagus.
The nose is visible from the front
The nose anatomy when viewed from the outside will be divided into the following parts:
- Root: this is the part attached to the upper part of the nasal bone to the frontal bone (forehead bone)
- Apex: the tip of the nose
- Bridge: frame of the nasal bone
- External naris: outer nostrils
