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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Osteology

Lateral wall of right nasal fossa

Image #38-1

KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints, Face, Nose.

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Osteology
Lateral wall of right nasal fossa
The osseous septum has been cut away from the specimen seen in view 37-7 to reveal the bones which together form the right lateral wall of the nasal fossa. The right sphenoid sinus (15) is visible through a window cut in the septum which separates the two sinuses.
  1. Nasal bone
  2. Frontal process of maxilla
  3. Upper pointer: Lacrimal bone Lower pointer: Lacrimoconchal suture
  4. Lacrimal process inferior nasal conchae
  5. Openings of maxillary sinus
  6. Inferior nasal concha
  7. Inferior nasal meatus
  8. Anterior nasal spine
  9. Incisive canal (for communicating branch between posterior nasal septal artery and greater palatine artery)
  10. Cribriform plate éthmoid bone (above left nasal fossa)
  11. Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone (cut away)
  12. Superior nasal concha
  13. Sphenoethmoidal recess
  14. Sphenoid sinus left
  15. Sphenoid sinus right (sphenoidal septal sinuses partially cut away)
  16. Sella turcica
  17. Upper pointer: Superior nasal meatus Lower pointer: Middle nasal concha
  18. Nasopharyngeal meatus
  19. Perpendicular part of palatine bone
  20. Medial plate of pterygoid process
  21. Palatomaxillary suture
  22. Nasomaxillary crest
  23. Palatine process of maxilla
  24. Incisive canal (for nasopalatine nerve)