Uncinate process of ethmoid bone
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| Bone: Uncinate process of ethmoid bone | ||
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| Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position.(Unciate process of ethmoid labeled at left.) | ||
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| Ethmoid bone from the right side. (Unciate process labeled at bottom right.) | ||
| Latin | processus uncinatus ossis ethmoidalis | |
| Gray's | subject #36 155 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | p_34/12667710 | |
In the ethmoid bone, a curved lamina, the uncinate process, projects downward and backward from this part of the labyrinth; it forms a small part of the medial wall of the maxillary sinus, and articulates with the ethmoidal process of the inferior nasal concha.
[edit] Additional images
 Medial wall of left orbit. |
 Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity. |
[edit] External links
- SUNY Figs 33:01-02 - "The bones of the lateral nasal wall."
- Dictionary at eMedicine uncinate+process+of+ethmoid+bone
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