Maxillary hiatus

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Maxillary hiatus
Latin	hiatus maxillaris
Gray's	subject #223 995
Dorlands/Elsevier	h_11/12422030

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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General anatomy of head and neck - head

Face/Occiput

Forehead • Eye (Orbit/Periorbita, Trochlea) • Ear • Temple • Cheek • Chin • Scalp

Nose

External nose	Nostril • Nasal septum • cartilages (of the septum, Greater alar, Lesser alar, Lateral nasal, Accessory nasal, Vomeronasal) • Olfactory glands

Nasal cavity	Nasal concha • Sphenoethmoidal recess • Ethmoid bulla • Semilunar hiatus • Maxillary hiatus • Inferior meatus • Vomeronasal organ • Paranasal sinuses

Naso-pharynx	Choana - Pharyngeal opening of auditory tube (Salpingopharyngeal fold, Salpingopalatine fold, Torus tubarius) - Pharyngeal tonsil - Pharyngeal recess

Mouth/oral cavity

Palate/roof of mouth	Hard palate • Soft palate • Palatine raphe • Incisive papilla

Tongue	dorsum (Taste bud, Median sulcus, Terminal sulcus, Foramen cecum, Lingual tonsils) • opposite dorsum (Frenulum, Plica fimbriata, Sublingual caruncle) • Anterior • Posterior • Glossoepiglottic folds

Teeth	Permanent (Incisor, Canine, Premolar, Molar) • Deciduous

Oro-pharynx	arches/fauces (Palatoglossal, Palatopharyngeal) • Oropharyngeal isthmus • Palatine tonsil • Uvula

Salivary glands	Parotid gland/Parotid duct • Submandibular gland/Submandibular duct • Sublingual gland/Major sublingual duct

Other	Lip (Upper, Lower) • Philtrum • Pterygomandibular raphe • Vestibule of mouth