KROK 1 2008 – Question 77 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A 35 year old patient applied to a doctor with complaints about having intense rhinitis and loss of sense of smell for a week. Objectively: nasal cavity contains a lot of mucus that covers mucous membrane and blocks olfactory receptors. In what part of nasal cavity are these receptors situated?
- A. Vestibule of nose
- B. Median nasal turbinate
- C. Inferior nasal turbinate
- D. Common nasal meatus
- E. Superior nasal turbinate
Hint
Recall which part of the nasal cavity is lined by olfactory epithelium, whose receptor axons pass through the cribriform plate to the olfactory bulb, and separate it from the parts lined by respiratory mucosa.
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