nares
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When arctic seals huff and puff, icy air and water molecules fly up their nares and into a labyrinth of nose bones called maxilloturbinates.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2023
Air exits the nasal cavities via the internal nares and moves into the pharynx.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Curves for stool, buccal mucosa and anterior nares suggest that the proportion of gene-to-taxa discovery has stabilized.
From Nature ● Jun. 13, 2012
An extra amount of the protective solution is sprayed into the lower part of the child's nares.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their beaks were ebony black with saffron-yellow nares.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The alar cartilage consists of the apex of the nose; it surrounds the naris.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
At the posteroventral corner of the naris a foramen opens onto the lateral surface of the maxilla.
From Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma by Richard C. Fox
It is slightly anterodorsal to the internal naris and 4.0 mm. lateral to the midline.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton
At the point where it forms the anterior border of the internal naris, the premaxillary is slightly wider than the maxillary and seems to become narrower as it approaches the midline.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth) Eaton
A cone-shaped bit of sponge, saturated with ferrous sulphate, was passed into each anterior naris, and another piece of sponge, similarly medicated, into either posterior naris.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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