in taxon develops from develops from composed primarily of transformation of Amniota Dinosauria turbinate bone http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Gray153.png In humans, the turbinates divide the nasal airway into three groove-like air passages -and are responsible for forcing inhaled air to flow in a steady, regular pattern around the largest possible surface of cilia and climate controlling tissue. ossified nasal turbinal Wikipedia:Nasal_concha turbinate bone concha NCIT:C49594 turbinal bone The small curved bones that extends horizontally along the lateral wall of the nasal passage. GAID:224 ossified nasal turbinate Turbinals are only ossified in birds and derived synapsids. UBERON:0001762 FMA considers nasal concha and nasal concha of ethmoid bone to be synonymous. We disambiguate these here EHDAA2:0004101 UMLS:C1266928 ossified turbinate MESH:D014420 EMAPA:25093 MA:0000286 SCTID:361931007 bone tissue endochondral bone zone of bone organ conchal part of pinna neurocranium bone nasal concha cartilage nasal turbinal