Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Osteology
Roentgenogram of paranasal sinuses, anterior view
Image #37-5
KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints.
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Osteology
Roentgenogram of paranasal sinuses, anterior view
This view of the sinuses of a normal adult woman was made with a 23 degree upward inclination from the anteroposterior axis. An area of calcification is present in the falx cerebri (1).
- Calcification in falx cerebri
- Frontal sinus
- Upper pointer: Nasal septum Lower pointer: Nasal cavity
- Infraorbital foramen
- Maxillary sinus
- Sphenoidal sinus
- Coronoid process of mandible
- Mandibular articulation (pointer on articular cavity)
- Capitulum (condyloid process) mandible
- Orbit
- Area occupied by ethmoidal cells
- Zygomatic arch
- Body of mandible
- Anterior arch atlas
- Dens