The small curved bones that extends horizontally along the lateral wall of the nasal passage.
Comment:
[taxon-note] "In humans, the turbinates divide the nasal airway into three groove-like air passages -and are responsible for forcing inhaled air to flow in a steady, regular pattern around the largest possible surface of cilia and climate controlling tissue." xsd:string {source="WP,unvetted"}; [taxon-note] "Turbinals are only ossified in birds and derived synapsids."
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
ossified nasal turbinal; ossified nasal turbinate; ossified turbinate; turbinal bone