Osteology

Lateral wall of left nasal fossa dissected

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Osteology

Lateral wall of left nasal fossa dissected

The left middle and superior conchae have been cut away and ethmoidal air cells widely opened. A window has been cut through the inferior concha to reveal the position of the nasal opening of the nasolacrimal canal (24). The specimen is viewed from the right side.

1. Posterior ethmoidal foramen
2. Ethmoidal cells (posterior)
3. Sphenoid sinus left
4. Line of attachment of superior nasal concha
5. Superior nasal meatus
6. Sphenopalatine foramen
7. Upper pointer: Line of attachment of middle nasal concha Lower pointer: Middle nasal meatus
8. Maxillary sinus
9. Ethmoidal process inferior nasal conchae
10. Medial plate of pterygoid process
11. Perpendicular part palatine bone
12. Palatomaxillary suture
13. Upper pointer: Position of greater palatine foramen Lower pointer: Horizontal plate palatine bone
14. Upper pointer: Orbital part of frontal bone Lower pointer: Anterior ethmoidal foramen
15. Frontal sinus
16. Ethmoidal cells (anterior)
17. Opening of frontonasal duct into frontal recess of middle nasal meatus
18. Hiatus semilunaris
19. Ethmoidal bulla
20. Ethmoidal infundibulum
21. Uncinate process ethmoid bone
22. Lacrimal bone
23. Lacrimal process inferior nasal conchae
24. Nasal opening of nasolacrimal canal visible through window cut in inferior concha)
25. Inferior nasal meatus
26. Palatine process of maxilla