Maxillary hiatus
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| Maxillary hiatus | |
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| Medial wall of left orbit. | |
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| Left maxilla. Nasal surface. | |
| Latin | hiatus maxillaris |
| Gray's | subject #223 995 |
Below the bulla ethmoidalis, and partly hidden by the inferior end of the uncinate process, is the maxillary hiatus (or ostium maxillare, or maxillary sinus ostium, or maxillary ostium, or opening from the maxillary sinus); in a frontal section this opening is seen to be placed near the roof of the sinus.
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Ethmoid bone
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This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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