Middle nasal concha
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| Bone: Middle nasal concha | ||
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| Ethmoid bone from behind. | ||
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| Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. (Middle nasal concha is at bottom of pink region.) | ||
| Gray's | subject #36 156 | |
The medial surface of the labyrinth of ethmoid consists of a thin lamella, which descends from the under surface of the cribriform plate, and ends below in a free, convoluted margin, the middle nasal concha.
It is rough, and marked above by numerous grooves, directed nearly vertically downward from the cribriform plate; they lodge branches of the olfactory nerves, which are distributed to the mucous membrane covering the superior nasal concha.
[edit] Additional images
 Nose and nasal cavities |
 Ethmoid bone from the right side. |
 Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity. |
 The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. |
 Coronal section of nasal cavities. |
 Sagittal section of nose mouth, pharynx, and larynx. |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- SUNY Figs 33:01-01
- SUNY Figs 22:02-10
- upstate.edu - Frontal
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich rsa1p9 - lateral
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich rsa1p6 - coronal
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34256.000-1
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