Maxillary hiatus
| Maxillary hiatus | |
|---|---|
 Medial wall of left orbit. | |
 Left maxilla. Nasal surface. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | hiatus maxillaris |
| TA | A02.1.12.021 |
| FMA | 57758 |
Below the bulla ethmoidalis, and partly hidden by the inferior end of the uncinate process of ethmoid bone, is the maxillary hiatus (or ostium maxillare, or maxillary sinus ostium, or maxillary ostium, or opening from the maxillary sinus); in a frontal section this opening is seen to be placed near the roof of the sinus.
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Ethmoid bone
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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