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 nasal turbinates are long, narrow passageways that help to warm and moisten the air that flows in through the nose. The turbinates are also called the nasal conchae. If the turbinates are too ...

A team of scientists in Auckland and Germany have created a 3D computer model of the inside of the nasal cavity and part of the cranial cavity, basically, the cubbyhole where your brain is. It is ...

They appear to be a fourth pair of large salivary glands, tucked into the space where the nasal cavity meets the throat. By Katherine J. Wu After millenniums of careful slicing and dicing, it ...

Not only do the nasal conchae serve as a leading site for pathogen invasion into the airways, but they also have a major weak spot: Because they are located so close to the brain, they are not ...

In a new study published today in Nature, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science discovered that antibody-secreting cells migrate to the nasal conchae whenever we are sick or ...