In article <DERNISON.11.769809420 at stpc.wi.LeidenUniv.nl>,
DERNISON at stpc.wi.LeidenUniv.nl (Marc) wrote:
>> A while ago I read about an interesting phenomenon in relation
> with a small muscle apperently present in the nose, capable of
> regulating the amount of air one inhales trough each of both
> nostrils.
My understanding is that it is erectile tissue in the nose which looks
after this - which allows the nasal mucosa to 'relax' after a period of
inhaling - the secretory cells to build up more secretions, mucous to be
removed etc.
(just looked up junquiera histology - calls them swell bodies, in the
concha, act every 20-30 minutes)
you would therefore need to look at the autonomic innervation/connections.
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