Superior nasal concha

Superior nasal concha

Infobox Bone
Name = Superior nasal concha
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Caption = Ethmoid bone from behind.



Caption2 = Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. (Superior nasal concha is at top of pink region.)
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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.

ee also

* Nasal concha


=Additional

External links

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* [http://www.upstate.edu/cdb/grossanat/hnfrontal3-8.html upstate.edu - Frontal]
* - lateral
* - coronal


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