Uncinate process of ethmoid bone

Uncinate process of ethmoid bone

Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position.(Uncinate process of ethmoid labeled at left.)

Ethmoid bone from the right side. (Uncinate process labeled at bottom right.)
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Identifiers
Latin processus uncinatus ossis ethmoidalis
Dorlands
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p_34/12667710
TA A02.1.07.016
FMA 57455

Anatomical terms of bone

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.

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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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