The turbinates are bone covered with mucous membrane that define the lateral wall of the nasal cavity. In each nasal passage there are 3 the turbinates are always present (bottom, medium, top) and one accessory (Supreme).
The turbinates are able to increase or decrease their thickness checking blood flow of the submucosa: they can adjust the air flow ’. The inferior turbinates are mainly responsible for this phenomenon since the passage of the higher air ’ in the lower part of the nasal cavity. Continue reading