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uncinate process of ethmoid

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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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncinate_process_of_ethmoid_bone ]

Term info

Label

uncinate process of ethmoid

Synonyms
  • uncinate process of the ethmoid
  • uncinate process of the ethmoid bone
database cross reference
depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Processus_uncinatus_ossis_ethmoidalis.PNG

has broad synonym

uncinate process

has related synonym

processus uncinatus, processus uncinatus ossis ethmoidalis

id

UBERON:0010372