Human nasal inferior turbinate

Human nasal inferior turbinate tissue- Freeze-thaw hTMSCs 3D printed PCL/PLGA/ 3-TCP scaffold Rat Pati et al. (2014)... 

Nasal cavity. The nasal cavity has a volume of 15 to 20 cm3 and a surface area of 150 to 180 cm2.110 111 The human nasal cavity is divided into two halves by the midline septum.45 107 Each cavity consists of three regions (1) vestibules, which are the anterior sections of the nasal cavity, (2) respiratory region, consisting of turbinates or chonchae (superior, middle, and inferior), and (3) olfactory region, which constitutes about 10 percent of nasal area.45 107... 

In primary culture of human nasal cells, the cells most relevant for transport studies are pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelial cells from the medium and inferior turbinates 48 These cells show a high degree of differentiation, grow to a confluent monolayer in 6 to 8 days, and form tight junctions however, they are expensive, their availability and life span are limited, and the model does not reflect the heterogeneity of cells in vivo.47 49... 

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