Morphological variation and airflow dynamics in the human nose

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 625-638

  Churchill, Steven E ^a   Shackelford, Laura L ^b   Georgi, J Nicole ^c   Black, Michael T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CADAVER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; MALE; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER FLOW;

ALGORITHMS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOSE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; TURBINATES;

EID: 8744244366     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20074     Document Type: Article

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