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Physiology of the Nose

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As the initial upper part of the conductive respiratory system, the nose actively participates in airflow dynamics and conditioning of the 10,000 litres of air inhaled every day by an adult. As a specific organ, the nose contains the olfactory organ.

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  1. Service d‘ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Facial, Hôpitaux Intercommunal et Henri Mondor de Créteil, 94010, Créteil, France

    Jean-François Papon

  2. Service ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Hôpital Intercommunal de Créteil, 94010, Créteil, France

    André Coste

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  1. Department of ORL-HNS Uppsala, University Hospital (Akademiska sjukhuset), 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden

    Matti Anniko

  2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Clinic Universitari, calle Villarroel, 170, Esc. 8, 2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain

    Manuel Bernal-Sprekelsen

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Klinikum Nürnberg, Prof.-Ernst-Nathan-Straße 1, 90340, Nürnberg, Germany

    Viktor Bonkowsky

  4. Department ORL-HNS, Nottingham University Hospitals, Queens Medical Centre Campus, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK

    Patrick J. Bradley

  5. Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bari, 70214, Bari, Italy

    Salvatore Iurato

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Papon, JF., Coste, A. (2010). Physiology of the Nose. In: Anniko, M., Bernal-Sprekelsen, M., Bonkowsky, V., Bradley, P., Iurato, S. (eds) Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. European Manual of Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68940-9_9

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