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The inferior meatus is the largest of the three. It lies below the inferior concha and above the nasal cavity. It extends most of the length of the nasal cavity’s lateral wall. It is broader in the front than at the back, and presents anteriorly the lower orifice of the
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The middle meatus is the middle-sized and located nasal opening, lying underneath the middle concha and above the
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Below the bulla ethmoidalis and hidden by the uncinate process of the ethmoid is the opening of the
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The superior meatus is the smallest of the three. It is a narrow cavity located obliquely below the
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opens into the cavity of the superior meatus and the meatus communicates with the posterior
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Through the hiatus semilunaris the meatus communicates with a curved passage termed the
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Knowledge articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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Anatomy and Histology of the Laboratory Rat in Toxicology and Biomedical Research
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where the meatus extends along its length. On it is a curved fissure, the
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The nasal meatuses are the spaces beneath each of the corresponding
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at the University of Michigan Health System — Coronal section
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opens into. The superior meatus occupies the middle third of the
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Maynard, Robert Lewis; Downes, Noel (2019). "Nasal Cavity".
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are contained within this bulla and open on or near to it.
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at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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Middle nasal meatus

FMA
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Anatomical terminology
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anatomy
meatuses
skull
nasal cavity
nasal conchae
supreme nasal concha

superior concha
middle concha
sphenopalatine foramen
ethmoidal cells
superior concha
sphenoethmoidal recess
sphenoidal sinus
nasal cavity’s
inferior concha
hiatus semilunaris
uncinate process of the ethmoid
bulla ethmoidalis
ethmoidal cells
infundibulum
maxillary sinus
nasolacrimal canal
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