Superior nasal concha
| Bone: Superior nasal concha | |
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| Ethmoid bone from behind. | |
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| Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. (Superior nasal concha is at top of pink region.) | |
| Gray's | subject #36 156 |
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.
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[edit] Additional images
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Ethmoid bone from the right side.
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Horizontal section of nasal and orbital cavities.
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Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity.
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Coronal section of nasal cavities.
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Nasal conchae
[edit] External links
- SUNY Figs 33:01-04
- upstate.edu - Frontal
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich rsa1p9 - lateral
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich rsa1p6 - coronal
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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