Ethmoidal infundibulum

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Ethmoidal infundibulum
nasal conchae have been removed (infundibulum labeled at center top)
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Identifiers
LatinInfundibulum ethmoidale
TA98A06.1.02.027
A02.1.07.017
TA2738
FMA75769
Anatomical terminology]

The ethmoidal infundibulum is a funnel-shaped

anterior ethmoidal air cells,[4][2]: 612  and (usually[2]: 612, 690 ) the frontonasal duct (which drains the frontal sinus[1][4])[1][4][2]: 690  open into the ethmoidal infundibulum.[1] The ethmoidal infundibulum extends anterosuperiorly from its opening into the nasal cavity.[3][2]
: 612 

Anatomy

The ethmoidal infundibulum is bordered medially by the

uncinate process of the ethmoid bone, and laterally by the orbital plate of the ethmoid bone.[3]

The ethmoid infundibulum leads towards the

anterior ethmoidal cells open into the anterior part of the infundibulum.[6]

Variation

The frontonasal duct may or may not drain into the ethmoidal infundibulum - this is determined by the place of attachment of the

References

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  2. ^
    OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  4. ^ a b c d "infundibulum ethmoidale". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  5. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  6. ^ a b Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 995.

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