Ipumulo

Ipumulo isehloko ngaphezulu komlomo begodu ngaphasi kwamehlo. Inembobo ezimbili zokudosa ummoya. Ipumulo ngeyokuphefumula nokunukelela[1].Upumulo isebenza ukukghogela iphunga elingaba khona ngaphakathi kwebhoduluko. Ikghona ukusefa ummoya esiwuphefumulako ngaphambi kokuthi ungene ngaphakathi emzimbeni. Yenza ummoya bona bona ufuthumale ngaphambi kokuthi ufike emaphaphini[2]
Ukwakheka kwepumulo
[edit | hlela umthombo]Ipumulo inembobo ezimbili ekuthomeni kwayo, ngizo ezidosa ummoya ziwungenise nofana ziwukhiphe. Bese kubemsipha ohlukanisa imbobo ezimbili zepumulo. Umsipha lo ubizwa bona yi-cartilage. Besekube namathambo we turbinate, made ngokudaleka begodu awondile. Amathambo lawa ngiwo asebenza ukwenza bona ummoya ongena ngepumulweni ufuthumale. Okhunye kune olfactory epithelium ekuyimembreni yamafinyila ehlala ngaphakathi komgodi wepumulo. Into le inamaseli akhethekileko asebenza ukuzwelela iphunga nofana umnuko ongabakhona[3].
Umsebenzi wepumulo
[edit | hlela umthombo]Ipumulo isebenza ukwenza amafinyila ekumamanzi adege aregako. Amafinyila akghona uku udosa ithuli, amagcikwane nokhunye okungazama ukungena ngepumulweni. Ikghona ukwenza bona umuntu akghone ukukghogela iphunga elingaba khona eduze kwakhe. Isibonelo umuntu angakghona ukuzwa iphunga lentuthu bese abone nofana alemuke bona kunento etjhako eduze nalapha akhona. Ikhona ukuphefumula, yenza ummoya bona ufuthumale ngaphambi kokuthi uye emaphatjhini. Ikghona nokuthi ivimbe amagcikwane bona angakghoni ukungena ngemaphatjhini. Ipumulo iyakghona ukulwisana namagulo.
Iinkomba
[edit | hlela umthombo]- ↑ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nose
- ↑ What Are the 6 Functions of the Nose? Conditions & Symptoms
- ↑ Patel, R.G., 2017. Nasal anatomy and function. Facial plastic surgery, 33(01), pp.003-008.