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  2. Human nose - Wikipedia

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    The nasal cavity is the large internal space of the nose, and is in two parts – the nasal vestibule and the nasal cavity proper. [2] The nasal vestibule is the frontmost part of the nasal cavity, enclosed by cartilages. The vestibule is lined with skin, hair follicles, and a large number of sebaceous glands.

  3. Nasal cavity - Wikipedia

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    The most anterior part of the nasal cavity is the nasal vestibule. [4] The vestibule is enclosed by the nasal cartilages and lined by the same epithelium of the skin (stratified squamous, keratinized). Within the vestibule, this changes into the typical respiratory epithelium that lines the rest of the nasal cavity and respiratory tract.

  4. Vomeronasal organ - Wikipedia

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    A thin duct, which opens onto the floor of the nasal cavity inside the nostril, is the only way of access for stimulus chemicals. During embryological development, the vomeronasal sensory neurons form from the nasal (olfactory) placode, at the anterior edge of the neural plate (cranial nerve zero).

  5. Vestibule - Wikipedia

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    The nasal vestibule is the nostrils, simply lined with an extension of skin epithelium, in contrast to nasal cavity, which is lined with respiratory epithelium; The vestibule of the ear is the central part of the inner ear labyrinth, as used in the vestibular system The vestibulocochlear nerve connects this to the brain

  6. Vestibular system - Wikipedia

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    The brain interprets head orientation by comparing these inputs to each other and other input from the eyes and stretch receptors in the neck, thereby detecting whether the head is tilted or the entire body is tipping. [6] Essentially, these otolithic organs sense how quickly you are accelerating forward or backward, left or right, or up or ...

  7. Vestibular nerve - Wikipedia

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    The vestibular nerve is one of the two branches of the vestibulocochlear nerve (the cochlear nerve being the other). In humans the vestibular nerve transmits sensory information from vestibular hair cells located in the two otolith organs (the utricle and the saccule) and the three semicircular canals via the vestibular ganglion of Scarpa.

  8. Ethmoid sinus - Wikipedia

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    The ethmoid air cells consist of numerous thin-walled cavities in the ethmoidal labyrinth [4] that represent invaginations of the mucous membrane of the nasal wall into the ethmoid bone. [3] They are situated between the superior parts of the nasal cavities and the orbits, and are separated from these cavities by thin bony lamellae. [4]

  9. Sense of balance - Wikipedia

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    This is called the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR). The balance system works with the visual and skeletal systems (the muscles and joints and their sensors) to maintain orientation or balance. Visual signals sent to the brain about the body's position in relation to its surroundings are processed by the brain and compared to information from the ...