Maxillary hiatus

Maxillary hiatus
Maxillary hiatus
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Medial wall of left orbit.
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Left maxilla. Nasal surface.
Latin hiatus maxillaris
Gray's subject #223 995

Below the bulla ethmoidalis, and partly hidden by the inferior end of the uncinate process, is the maxillary hiatus (or ostium maxillare, or maxillary sinus ostium, or maxillary ostium, or opening from the maxillary sinus); in a frontal section this opening is seen to be placed near the roof of the sinus.

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  • Ethmoid bone

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eHead and neck, upper RT: Nose (TA A06.1, TH H3.05.01, GA 10.992)
External nose
Nasal cavity
Openings
Lateral wall
Medial wall
Paranasal sinuses
Naso-pharynx

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