Most of the conducting passageways of the respiratory tract are lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium. The nasal mucosa, a portion of the respiratory mucosa, warms, humidifies and purifies the incoming air. Which features of the nasal mucosa is most closely associated with the function of warming the incoming air?

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Hailee Landry

Biology

4 July, 11:32

Most of the conducting passageways of the respiratory tract are lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium. The nasal mucosa, a portion of the respiratory mucosa, warms, humidifies and purifies the incoming air. Which features of the nasal mucosa is most closely associated with the function of warming the incoming air?

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Nasal mucosa is lined with special type of tissue called Lamina propria which is highly vascularised & flexible to expand its volume.

Explanation:

Lamina propria is a type of areolar connective tissue which are found beneath the epithelial tissues. This Lamina propria when combines with basement membrane of epithelium then it is termed as mucosa.