Uncinate process of ethmoid bone
- Uncinate process of ethmoid bone
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Name = Uncinate process of ethmoid bone
Latin = processus uncinatus ossis ethmoidalis
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Caption = Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position.(Unciate process of ethmoid labeled at left.)
Caption2 = Ethmoid bone from the right side. (Unciate process labeled at bottom right.)
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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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* - "The bones of the lateral nasal wall."
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