Superior nasal concha
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The back part of the medial surface of the labyrinth of ethmoid
is subdivided by a narrow oblique fissure, the superior meatus
of the nose, bounded above by a thin, curved plate, the superior nasal concha.
The bone found in superior nasal concha is part of the ethmoid bone.
Labyrinth of ethmoid
The Labyrinth or Lateral Mass of the ethmoid bone consists of a number of thin-walled cellular cavities, the ethmoidal cells, arranged in three groups, anterior, middle, and posterior, and interposed between two vertical plates of bone; the lateral plate forms part of the orbit, the medial plate...
is subdivided by a narrow oblique fissure, the superior meatus
Superior meatus
The superior meatus, the smallest of the three meatuses of the nose, occupies the middle third of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity.It lies between the superior nasal conchæ and middle nasal conchæ; the sphenopalatine foramen opens into it behind, and the posterior ethmoidal cells in front.The...
of the nose, bounded above by a thin, curved plate, the superior nasal concha.
The bone found in superior nasal concha is part of the ethmoid bone.
External links
- upstate.edu - Frontal - lateral - coronal