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What is a concha?

What is a concha? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any shell-shaped structure.
  2. (anatomy) The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone.
  3. (architecture) An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.
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If the concha clip is visibly sticking out from your ear, it has not been positioned correctly.
If you have an ear grip attached to the speaker, gently place it in the concha as shown.
From the roof, the olfactory epithelium extends down both sides of the nasal cavity to cover most of the superior concha laterally and 1 cm of nasal septum medially.
Yet when Rafael, the alcalde's son, came to the window on moonless nights, concha was there.
He took all of his unmarried children with him, and concha thought it her duty to go.
Each elevation, called a nasal concha or turbinate, hangs over an air passage.

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