Bone: Uncinate process of ethmoid bone | |
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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.) | |
Latin | processus uncinatus ossis ethmoidalis |
Gray's | subject #36 155 |
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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