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PARANASAL SINUSES [8 records]

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Record 1 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Nose (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
sinus paranasales
Latin
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)
sinus paranasales
Latin
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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Record 2 2021-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • The Nose (Medicine)
DEF

… cancer originating in the paranasal sinuses, usually in the maxillary and ethmoid sinuses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Nez (Médecine)
DEF

[…] cancer qui a pour origine les sinus paranasaux, généralement dans les sinus maxillaires et ethmoïdaux.

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
sinus maxillaris
Latin
A02.1.12.023
classification system code, see observation
CONT

The maxillary sinuses are the largest of the paranasal sinuses. They occupy the bodies of the maxillae and communicate with the middle nasal meatus.

OBS

maxillary sinus: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.12.023: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
sinus maxillaris
Latin
A02.1.12.023
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Les sinus maxillaires sont les plus volumineux sinus paranasaux. Ils occupent les corps des maxillaires et communiquent de chaque côté avec le méat nasal moyen.

OBS

sinus maxillaire : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.12.023 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
sinus maxillaris
Latin
A02.1.12.023
classification system code, see observation
CONT

El seno maxilar o antro de Highmore es una de las cavidades que conforma los senos paranasales en la cara, de ellas es la cavidad más grande y es de forma piramidal.

OBS

A02.1.12.023: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional.

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Record 4 2017-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lymphatic System
Universal entry(ies)
nodi lymphatici retropharyngeales
Latin, plural
nodi lymphatici retropharyngei
Latin, plural
DEF

Deep lateral cervical lymph nodes, one median and two lateral groups, situated behind the upper part of the pharynx, especially concerned with drainage of the nasal fossae, paranasal sinuses, hard and soft palates, middle ear, nasopharynx, and oropharynx.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système lymphatique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
nodi lymphatici retropharyngeales
Latin, plural
nodi lymphatici retropharyngei
Latin, plural
DEF

Groupe de trois ganglions lymphatiques cervicaux, un latéral et 2 médians, situés profondément derrière le nasopharynx (partie haute du pharynx).

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Nose (Medicine)
DEF

Inflammation of one or more paranasal sinuses(usually the frontal sinus) due to difference in pressure between the surrounding atmosphere and the air within the sinus cavity...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nez (Médecine)
DEF

Sinusite conditionnée par de grandes variations de pression atmosphérique.

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A posteroanterior projection of the skull to demonstrate the paranasal sinuses, especially the maxillary sinuses, and the facial bones, obtained by aligning the central ray with the junction of the upper lip and nose at an angle of 37 ° with the canthomeatal line. [From MBIOL, 1986, vol. 3, p. 2311 and RSKEL, 1982, p. 231. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Incidence occipitomentale utilisée en radiologie pour examiner les sinus de la face, et plus particulièrement les sinus maxillaires. Le rayon directeur horizontal fait un angle de -35 ° avec le plan orbito-méatal. [D'après MEDEC, 1989, p. 122.)0

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A radiographic position used to obtain a lateral projection of the mastoid process and petrous portion of the temporal bone. The median sagittal plane is parallel to the film, which is centered to a localization point 1 in. posterior to the external auditory meatus. The central ray is directed at angles 15 ° toward the feet and 15 ° toward the face.

OBS

Other Law projections are inferosuperior oblique projections of the facial bones and of the paranasal sinuses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Incidence radiologique de profil de l'apophyse mastoïde et du rocher. Le plan sagittal médian est parallèle à la cassette, dont le centre se situe à 2,5 cm du conduit auditif externe, vers l'arrière. Le rayon directeur est incliné de 15 ° vers les pieds et de 15 [degrés] vers le sujet.

OBS

Law a également décrit des incidences obliques avec rayon descendant permettant de visualiser les os et les sinus de la face.

Spanish

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Record 8 1988-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Nose (Medicine)
DEF

Infection of the maxillary sinus or sinuses, the most common variety of paranasal sinusitis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nez (Médecine)
CONT

Réaction inflammatoire localisée au sinus maxillaire, la sinusite maxillaire est une affection fréquente en consultation journalière d'oto-rhino-laryngologie.

Spanish

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