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paranasal sinuses [1 record]

Record 1 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Nose (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The mucosa-lined air cavities in the cranial bones which communicate with the nasal cavity, including the ehtmoidal, frontal, maxillary, and sphenoidal sinuses.

CONT

Because the paranasal sinuses are continuous with the nasal cavities through apertures that open into them, infection may spread from the nasal cavities, producing inflammation and swelling of the mucosa of the sinuses (sinusitis) and local pain.

OBS

sinus paranasales: Terminologia Anatomica (international anatomical terminology adopted by the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nez (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

[...] extensions aériennes de la partie respiratoire des cavités nasales dans les os du crâne adjacents : l'os frontal, l'os ethmoïde, l'os sphénoïde et les maxillaires.

OBS

sinus paranasales : Terminologia Anatomica (terminologie internationale adoptée par le Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology).

Spanish

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