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Morphological adaptation of the nasal valve area to climate

Seren, Erdal, Seren, Şule·2009·Medical Hypotheses
DOI 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.11.028
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Ecogeographic variation in nasal valve angles stands as one of the best examples of human morphological adaptation to climate. A major physiological function of the nasal cavity is to condition the inhaled air to body core temperature and saturated with vapour to prevent damage to the alveolar epithelium in the lungs. The air conditioning capability of the nose is dependent on the nasal mucosal temperature and the airflow dynamics caused by the airway geometry. Morphological variation of the human nose has been attributed to the ecogeographic adaptation to climate where nasal cavities have been broadly categorised as tall and narrow (leptorrhines) or short and broad (platyrrhines) according to their morphology. We believe that there is a relationship between nasal valve angles and climate adaptation.

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  • The narrow internal nasal valve works as a flow-limiting area that forcefully increases the speed and pressure of inspired air.

    “The narrow internal nasal valve works as a flow-limiting area that forcefully increases the speed and pressure of inspired air [16].”

    From Functional Rhinoplasty. (2023) · cites this paper as [16]

  • The respiratory region of the nasal cavity plays an important role in the transformation of the nasal airflow from a laminar pattern to a more turbulent pattern.

    “The respiratory region of the nasal cavity plays an important role in the transformation of the nasal airflow from a laminar pattern to a more turbulent pattern [16].”

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    “The respiratory region of the nasal cavity plays an important role in the transformation of the nasal airflow from a laminar pattern to a more turbulent pattern [16].”
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Authors
Seren, E., & Seren, Ş.
Affiliations
Giresun İl Sağlık Müdürlüğü (TR)
Corresponding author
Seren, Erdal
Venue
Medical Hypotheses
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-04
Volume
72
Issue
4
Pages
471-472
ISSN
0306-9877 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.mehy.2008.11.028
OpenAlex
W1969493584
Cited by
6
References
17
Citations by year
2023: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1
FWCI
0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Medical Hypotheses (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DSpace@Giresun (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Geometry and Topology › Morphological variations and asymmetry
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
Keywords
nasal morphology, ecogeographic variation, airflow dynamics, nose
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Physiological, Climate, Energy Transfer, Humans, Nasal Cavity, Nasal Mucosa

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