of the nasal conchae or turbinates, predominantly the inferior turbinates, which are by far the largest of the turbinates in each nasal fossa. Turbinates...

foramen. It communicates with the nasal and oral cavities, infratemporal fossa, orbit, pharynx, and middle cranial fossa through eight foramina. It has the...

Practice (Forty-first ed.). Elsevier. pp. 556–565. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9. "Nasal fossa". TheFreeDictionary.com. Knipe H. "Ostiomeatal complex". Radiology Reference...

sphenopalatine foramen to enter the nasal cavity, and finally out of the nasal cavity through the incisive canal and then the incisive fossa to enter the hard palate...

lateral) posterior superior nasal nerves are branches of the maxillary nerve (CN V2): 496  that arise in the pterygopalatine fossa from pterygopalatine ganglion: 369–370 ...

connect the anterior cranial fossa with the nasal cavity and transmit the olfactory nerves. Animation. Anterior cranial fossa shown in green. Photo. Base...

(aka Meckel's ganglion, nasal ganglion, or sphenopalatine ganglion) is a parasympathetic ganglion in the pterygopalatine fossa. It is one of four parasympathetic...

anterior cranial fossa, it gives sensory fibers to the meninges to provide sensory innervation to part of the meninges. Its medial internal nasal branch innervates...

connects the nasal cavity and the pterygopalatine fossa. It gives passage to the sphenopalatine artery, nasopalatine nerve, and the superior nasal nerve (all...

enters the anterior cranial fossa where it bifurcates into a meningeal branch and nasal branch.[citation needed] The nasal branch travels through cribriform...

process of sphenoid bone.: 508  It connects the pterygopalatine fossa and: 370  and nasal cavity.[citation needed] It transmits the pharyngeal nerve (pharyngeal...

vessels and nerves. The incisive foramen is situated within the incisive fossa of the maxilla. The incisive foramen is used as an anatomical landmark for...

sinus and nasal cavity cancer is a type of cancer that is caused by the appearance and spread of malignant cells into the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity...

nerve. It comprises the principal functions of sensation from the maxilla, nasal cavity, sinuses, the palate and subsequently that of the mid-face, and is...

bones of the facial skeleton (14) are the vomer, two inferior nasal conchae, two nasal bones, two maxilla, the mandible, two palatine bones, two zygomatic...

A depression on the anterior inferior portion of one bone, the lacrimal fossa, houses the membranous lacrimal sac. Tears, from the lacrimal glands, collect...

Lambda Inion Pterion Asterion Gonion Temporal fossa Zygomatic arch Infratemporal fossa Pterygopalatine fossa Pterygomaxillary fissure Fontanelles Anterior...

pharynx (pl.: pharynges) is the part of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity, and above the esophagus and trachea (the tubes going down to the...

received into the ethmoidal notch of the frontal bone and roofs in the nasal cavities. It supports the olfactory bulb, and is perforated by olfactory...

anterior communicating artery anterior corticospinal tract anterior cranial fossa anterior cruciate ligament anterior ethmoidal foramen anterior ethmoidal...

lesser palatine nerve. Greater palatine foramen Pterygopalatine fossa Left maxilla. Nasal surface. This article incorporates text in the public domain from...

canals") are two bony canals of the anterior hard palate connecting the nasal cavity and the oral cavity. An incisive canal courses through each maxilla...

location is still marked by a depression, or fossa, on the surface of the skull called the antorbital fossa. The antorbital fenestra houses a paranasal...

muscle of the face. It connects the incisive fossa of the maxilla and the orbicularis oris muscle to the nasal septum of the nose. It draws the ala of the...

the pterygoid fossa, the medial surface constitutes the lateral boundary of the choana or posterior aperture of the corresponding nasal cavity. Superiorly...

to reach the pterygopalatine fossa and form the pterygopalatine ganglion).: 498  During surgery of the middle cranial fossa, manipulation of the dura mater...

angiofibroma also known as juvenile nasal angiofibroma, fibromatous hamartoma, and angiofibromatous hamartoma of the nasal cavity. It is a histologically benign...

pharyngeal nerve: 370  Maxillary nerve Left infratemporal fossa. Horizontal section of nasal and orbital cavities. Dissection showing origins of right...

that. Structures seen in posterior rhinoscopy: posterior border of nasal septum, fossa of Roosenmuller, eustachian tube opening and upper surface of soft...

branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V)). It arises in the pterygopalatine fossa. It passes through the inferior orbital fissure to enter the orbit. It travels...