Superior meatus
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| Bone: Superior meatus | |
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| Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity. (Superior meatus labeled at center right.) | |
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| Coronal section of nasal cavities. (Superior meatus labeled at center right.) | |
| Latin | meatus nasi superior |
| Gray's | subject #57 195 |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The superior meatus, the smallest of the three meatuses of the nose, occupies the middle third of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity.
It lies between the superior and middle nasal conchæ; the sphenopalatine foramen opens into it behind, and the posterior ethmoidal cells in front.
The sphenoidal sinus opens into a recess, the sphenoethmoidal recess, which is placed above and behind the superior concha.
[edit] Additional images
 Ethmoid bone from behind. |
 Horizontal section of nasal and orbital cavities. |
 Sagittal section of nose mouth, pharynx, and larynx. |
[edit] External links
- SUNY Figs 33:04-08
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich rsa1p6 - Coronal section
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