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Saturday, 3 January 2015

The nasal veins are biologically Significant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_of_the_human_nose

The nasal veins are biologically significant, because they have no vessel-valves, and because of their direct, circulatory communication to the sinus caverns, which makes possible the potential intracranial spreading of a bacterial infection of the nose. Hence, because of such an abundant nasal blood supply, tobacco smoking does therapeutically compromise post-operative healing.

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