Sphenoethmoidal recess

Sphenoethmoidal recess
Lateral wall of nasal cavity (sphenoethmoidal recess labeled at top)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Recessus sphenoethmoidalis
Dorlands /Elsevier	r_05/12696829
TA	A06.1.02.022
FMA	59734
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The sphenoethmoidal recess is a small space in the nasal cavity into which the sphenoidal sinus opens. It lies posterior and superior to the superior concha.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

Anatomy figure: 33:04-04 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The turbinates have been cut and removed to illustrate the meatus and openings into them."

Anatomy of the human nose

External nose

Nasal cavity

Openings	Nasal vestibule Nostril Posterior nasal apertures

Lateral wall	Nasal conchae: Supreme nasal concha Superior nasal concha Middle nasal concha Inferior nasal concha Nasal meatus: (Supreme superior middle inferior) Sphenoethmoidal recess Ethmoid bulla Agger nasi Ethmoidal infundibulum Semilunar hiatus Maxillary hiatus

Medial wall	Nasal septum Vomeronasal organ

Mucous membrane	Olfactory mucosa

Paranasal sinuses

Naso-pharynx

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