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Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Empty Nose Syndrome.

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

In otolaryngologyempty nose syndrome (ENS) describes a nose that has been physiologically crippled by excessive surgical removal of turbinates in the nose (mainly the inferior turbinates) in a surgical procedure known as 'turbinectomy' or 'conchotomy'. It is therefore an iatrogenic condition that can and should be avoided.

A ceramic neti Pot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neti_(Hatha_Yoga)


                      A ceramic neti pot. Neti pots can also be made from glass, metal, or Plastic.

Neti (Hatha Yoga).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neti_(Hatha_Yoga)

Neti (Sanskrit: नेति) is an important part of Hindu Shatkarma (sometimes known as Shatkriya), the yogic system of body cleansing techniques that is an integral part of Hinduism. It is intended mainly to the cleaning of the air passageways in the head. Both the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and other sources usually attribute to Neti many beneficial effects that range from profound physiological ones on the body, mind and personality to even clairvoyance. The two main variants are jala neti (जलनेति) using water and the more advanced sutra neti (सूत्रनेति) using string.

Neoteny.

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

Stephen Jay Gould has noted that larger noses are less neotenous, especially the large "Grecian" nose.Women have smaller noses than men due to not having "increased secretion of testosterone in adolescence"and smaller noses are considered more attractive on women.Werner syndrome, a condition that causes the appearance of premature aging, causes a "bird-like" appearance due to pinching of the nose while, conversely, Down syndrome, a neotenizing condition,causes flattening of the nose.

Aquatic Ape Hypothesis.

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

The aquatic ape hypothesis relates the nose to a hypothesized period of aquatic adaptation in which the downward-facing nostrils and flexible philtrum prevented water from entering the nasal cavities.The theory is not generally accepted by mainstream scholars of human evolution.

Nose is an alteration of the angle of skull following human skeletal Changes.

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

Humans
An article published in the speculative journal Medical Hypotheses suggested that the nose is an alteration of the angle of skull following human skeletal changes due to bipedalism. This changed the shape of the skull base causing, together with change in diet, a knock-on morphological reduction in the relative size of the maxillary and mandible and through this a "squeezing" of the protrusion of the most anterior parts of the face more forward and so increasing nose prominence and modifying its shape.

High and narrow nose of Eskimos and Neanderthals.

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

 Miquel Hernández of the Department of Animal Biology at the University of Barcelona said the "high and narrow nose of Eskimos" and "Neanderthals" is an "adaption to a cold and dry environment", since it contributes to warming and moisturizing the air and the "recovery of heat and moisture from expired air".