# Nose 👃🏽 --- The **nose** is a structure that is on your face that is part of the [[respiratory tracts|upper respiratory tract]] and also is responsible for the [[afferent nervous system#General & Special Senses|sense]] of smell. [[nose and sinus assessment]] The **nasal cavity** is the [[body cavity]] that is behind the **nose**. It is lined with a [[epithelial tissue|pseudostratified]] [[mucous membrane]] called the **nasal mucosae. The [[paranasal sinuses]] are located in the bones surrounding the skull, but are still associated with the nasal cavity, and are connected via mucosae lined ducts. ___