foramen. It communicates with the nasal and oral cavities, infratemporal fossa, orbit, pharynx, and middle cranial fossa through eight foramina. It has the...
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of the nasal conchae or turbinates, predominantly the inferior turbinates, which are by far the largest of the turbinates in each nasal fossa. Turbinates...
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Practice (Forty-first ed.). Elsevier. pp. 556–565. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9. "Nasal fossa". TheFreeDictionary.com. Knipe H. "Ostiomeatal complex". Radiology Reference...
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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...
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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 ...
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connect the anterior cranial fossa with the nasal cavity and transmit the olfactory nerves. Animation. Anterior cranial fossa shown in green. Photo. Base...
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Pterygopalatine ganglion (redirect from Nasal ganglion)
(aka Meckel's ganglion, nasal ganglion, or sphenopalatine ganglion) is a parasympathetic ganglion in the pterygopalatine fossa. It is one of four parasympathetic...
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Anterior ethmoidal artery (redirect from Anterior lateral nasal branches of anterior ethmoidal artery)
enters the anterior cranial fossa where it bifurcates into a meningeal branch and nasal branch.[citation needed] The nasal branch travels through cribriform...
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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...
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connects the nasal cavity and the pterygopalatine fossa. It gives passage to the sphenopalatine artery, nasopalatine nerve, and the superior nasal nerve (all...
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process of sphenoid bone.: 508 It connects the pterygopalatine fossa and: 370 and nasal cavity.[citation needed] It transmits the pharyngeal nerve (pharyngeal...
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Lambda Inion Pterion Asterion Gonion Temporal fossa Zygomatic arch Infratemporal fossa Pterygopalatine fossa Pterygomaxillary fissure Fontanelles Anterior...
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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...
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Incisive foramen (redirect from Incisive fossa)
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...
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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...
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Pharynx (redirect from Nasal part of the pharynx)
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...
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Lacrimal bone (section Medial or nasal surface)
A depression on the anterior inferior portion of one bone, the lacrimal fossa, houses the membranous lacrimal sac. Tears, from the lacrimal glands, collect...
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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...
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angiofibroma also known as juvenile nasal angiofibroma, fibromatous hamartoma, and angiofibromatous hamartoma of the nasal cavity. It is a histologically benign...
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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...
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Antorbital fenestra (redirect from Antorbital fossa)
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...
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pharyngeal nerve: 370 Maxillary nerve Left infratemporal fossa. Horizontal section of nasal and orbital cavities. Dissection showing origins of right...
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that. Structures seen in posterior rhinoscopy: posterior border of nasal septum, fossa of Roosenmuller, eustachian tube opening and upper surface of soft...
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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...
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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...
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giant petrels can be found in the shape of the fossa medialis brachialis. In the fossil species this fossa is elongated and almost fusiform, similar to...
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the pterygoid fossa, the medial surface constitutes the lateral boundary of the choana or posterior aperture of the corresponding nasal cavity. Superiorly...
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Skull (redirect from Nasal fenestra)
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...
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the canine fossa, allowing the surgeon to view the bulging of the ethmoid bulla in the maxillary sinus. Then, an aperture on the inferior nasal meatus is...
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anterior communicating artery anterior corticospinal tract anterior cranial fossa anterior cruciate ligament anterior ethmoidal foramen anterior ethmoidal...
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