NOSE

n. Noz. Gr., pi's. Lat., nas us. Fr., nez. Ger., Nose, Geruchsorgan. It., naso. Sp., nariz. An organ serving for the pa age of air in the functions of respiration and phonation, for the distribution of the olfactory nerves, and for conveying away superfluous secretions from the eyes; in man, a prominent median feature of the face made up of a bony and cartilaginous framework covered externally with skin, and lodging the nasal pa ages, which open externally by the nostrils and posteriorly into the pharynx. External n. Lat., nas us extemus. Ger., duxsere Nase. The o eous, cartilaginous, muscular, and cutaneous ti ues constituting the visible portion of the n. [LJ Internal n. Lat., nas us intern us. Ger., innere Nase. The nasal cavities and those acce ory to them. [L, 332.] N'bleed. 1. Nasal haemorrhage, fa, 48.] 2. See ACHTLLEA mille folium. N.-piece. In a microscope, an arrangement for connecting an objective to the tube in the proper position for observation; most frequently some apparatus for rapidly changing objectives. In the swinging or revolving forms (revolvers) succe ive objectives are brought into position by revolving the apparatus, and it is designated from the number of objectives. [J, 200, 210.] Tench's n. See Os uteri externum. [s. 112]