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Ethmoidal bulla
Introduction
Overview
Overview
On the lateral wall of the middle meatus is a curved fissure, the hiatus semilunaris, limited below by the edge of the uncinate process of the ethmoid and above by an elevation named the bulla ethmoidalis; the middle ethmoidal cells are contained within this bulla and open on or near to it.
The bulla ethmoidalis is caused by the bulging of the middle ethmoidal cells which open on or immediately above it, and the size of the bulla varies with that of its contained cells.
External links
External links
- Template:SUNYAnatomyLabs
- PMID 11771046 (“The bulla ethmoidalis: lamella or a true cell?”)
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