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Definition of Nasal cavity

1. Noun. Either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx.

Definition of Nasal cavity

1. Noun. (anatomy) A large air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Nasal cavity

1. The proximal portion of the respiratory passages on either side of the nasal septum, lined with ciliated mucosa, extending from the nares to the pharynx. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasal Cavity

Literary usage of Nasal cavity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychology: General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1907)
"Figure 32 shows the area within the nasal cavity which is covered by olfactory cells. The arrow A in the figure indicates the path of the air current in ..."

2. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"The organs of respiration consist of the nasal cavity, the nasopharynx, ... The nasal cavity. Cavum nasi.—The osseous framework of the nasal cavity has ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"The larger the nasal cavity the more powerful the resonance, ... The resonance of the nasal cavity plays a part also in the formation of non-nasal ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"The larger the nasal cavity the more powerful the resonance, ... The resonance of the nasal cavity plays a part also in the formation of non-nasal ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Subacute traumatic empyema of the cavity ensued, which disappeared after operative removal of the piece of felt and drainage into the nasal cavity. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The drum of the ear separates the outer from the middle ear, the middle ear being an air cavity connected by the eustachian tube with the nasal cavity. ..."

7. Elements of Comparative Anatomy by Carl Gegenbaur (1878)
"The whole differentiation therefore of the nasal cavity is seen to be connected with ... The lateral wall of the nasal cavity, which is developed from the ..."

8. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"Endeavour to determine the direction which it takes in the skull under observation, by passing a probe into the nasal cavity through the choanae. ..."

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