Inferior nasal concha

Inferior nasal concha
Medial wall of left orbit. (Inferior nasal concha visible in center in yellow.)
Figure 1: Lateral wall of right nasal cavity showing inferior concha in situ. (pink)
Details
Articulations	Ethmoid, maxilla, lacrimal and palatine bone
Identifiers
Latin	concha nasi inferior, concha nasalis inferior
TA98	A02.1.08.001
TA2	740
FMA	54736
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

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The inferior nasal concha (inferior turbinated bone or inferior turbinal/turbinate) is one of the three paired nasal conchae in the nose. It extends horizontally along the lateral wall of the nasal cavity and consists of a lamina of spongy bone, curled upon itself like a scroll, (turbinate meaning inverted cone).^[1] The inferior nasal conchae are considered a pair of facial bones. As the air passes through the turbinates, the air is churned against these mucosa-lined bones in order to receive warmth, moisture and cleansing. Superior to inferior nasal concha are the middle nasal concha and superior nasal concha which both arise from the ethmoid bone, of the cranial portion of the skull.^[2] Hence, these two are considered as a part of the cranial bones.

It has two surfaces, two borders, and two extremities.