Superior nasal concha

Superior nasal concha

Ethmoid bone from behind.

Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. (Superior nasal concha is at top of pink region.)
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Identifiers
Latin Concha nasi superior,
concha nasalis superior
TA A06.1.02.013
FMA 57458

Anatomical terms of bone

The back part of the medial surface of the labyrinth of ethmoid is subdivided by a narrow oblique fissure, the superior meatus of the nose, bounded above by a thin, curved plate, the superior nasal concha.

The bone found in superior nasal concha is part of the ethmoid bone.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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