Maxillary process of inferior nasal concha

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Bone: Maxillary process of inferior nasal concha
Right inferior nasal concha. Lateral surface.
Latin p. maxillaris conchae nasalis inferioris
Gray's subject #42 169
Dorlands/Elsevier p_34/12667541
For the embryological structure, see Maxillary prominence.

From the lower border of the inferior nasal concha, a thin lamina, the maxillary process, curves downward and lateralward; it articulates with the maxilla and forms a part of the medial wall of the maxillary sinus.

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