See Also: superior turbinated bone(medicine)
supreme turbinated bone(medicine)
middle turbinated bone(medicine)
inferior turbinated bone(medicine)
highest turbinated bone(medicine)
fourth turbinated bone(medicine)
superior branch of the pubic bone(medicine)
superior border of petrous part of temporal bone(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
turbinated(medicine)

superior turbinated bone (medicine)


superior turbinated bone -->
superior nasal concha


The upper thin, spongy, bony plate with curved margins, part of the ethmoidal labyrinth, projecting from the lateral wall of the nasal cavity and separating the superior meatus from the sphenoethmoidal recess, the above bony plate and its thick mucoperiosteum, which is less vascular than that of the middle and inferior conchae.

Synonym: concha nasalis superior, Morgagni's concha, superior turbinated bone, turbinated body.