Ethmoidal infundibulum

Ethmoidal infundibulum
Lateral wall of nasal cavity; the three nasal conchae have been removed (infundibulum labeled at center top)
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Identifiers
Latin	Infundibulum ethmoidale
TA	A06.1.02.027
FMA	75769
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

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.

References

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

External nose

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

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