Ethmoidal infundibulum

Ethmoidal infundibulum

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Caption = Lateral wall of nasal cavity; the three nasal conchæ have been removed. (Infundibulum labeled at center top.)


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The hiatus semilunaris is bounded inferiorly by the sharp concave margin of the uncinate process of the ethmoid bone, and leads into a curved channel, the infundibulum, bounded above by the bulla ethmoidalis and below by the lateral surface of the uncinate process of the ethmoid.

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