Nasal Sinus Anatomy

The frontal sinuses are located above the eyes near your forehead. The maxillary sinuses are located on each side of your nose near the cheek bones.

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Frontal sinus cavities which can be found above the eyes more in the forehead region.

Nasal sinus anatomy. A large channel containing blood. The anterior middle and posterior ethmoid sinuses are located in the ethmoid bone between the nose and the eye. Both nasal passages have inferior middle and superior and sometimes another called supreme turbinates that severe multiple purposes including direction of airflow filtration and sense of smell.

Salt water saline nasal spray breaks up dried mucus and helps to keep the nose moist. The anatomy of the nose and paranasal sinuses can be quite complex. Or a cavity within a bone.

The most posterior of all the paranasal sinuses these are located behind the ethmoid sinuses near the pituitary gland and optic nerves 8. Anatomy physiology of nose nasal and paranasal sinus posted on may 13 2013 may 13 2013 author dr. Nasal saline spray.

If more than one sinus is affected it is called pansinusitis. The ethmoid sinuses are located on each side of the bridge of your. Nasal and sinus anatomy.

Drugs that cause blood vessels in the inner nasal tissue to constrict. The nasal septum separates the left and right maxillary sinuses 9. Maxillary sinus cavities are located on either side of the nostrils cheekbone areas.

The nose have two nasal passages that are divided by the nasal septum. Alamgir hossain shemul 3 comments human nose is divided into 3 parts the external nose the vestibule and the nasal cavity. There are four pairs of sinuses named for the bones that theyre located in.

Sphenoid sinus within the sphenoid bones. Ethmoid sinus cavities which are located between the eyes. Two types of sinus the blood filled and the air filled sinuses are discussed in this article.

As the paranasal sinuses are continuous with the nasal cavity an upper respiratory tract infection can spread to the sinuses. Sinus in anatomy a hollow cavity recess or pocket. The better our patients understand their own anatomy the better the communication between patient doctor and staff and the more successfully we can work together in an individualized plan of treatment.

As a result there is less sinus congestion mucus and postnasal drip. The anterior sinus opens into the nasal cavity by the infundibulum the middle sinus opens into the ethmoidal bulla and the posterior sinus opens into the superior meatus. The four paired sinuses or air cavities can be referred to as.

Infection of the sinuses causes inflammation particularly pain and swelling of the mucosa and is known as sinusitis. Our medical therapies and surgical techniques are designed to treat the source of the disease rather than merely address the symptoms.

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