Nasal Cavity: Paranasal Sinuses Flashcards
T/F: The paranasal sinuses are found within the bones of the face.
True
T/F: Most of the sinuses open into the nasal cavity.
False: ALL paranasal sinuses open into the nasal cavity
The formation of the paranasal sinuses are related to…?
1) Wolff’s Law
2) To decrease the weight of the skull
Which sinus opens into the hiatus semilunaris of the middle frontonasal duct?
Frontal sinus
Which of the paranasal sinuses is the largest?
Maxillary sinus
Which paranasal sinus opens into the hiatus semiluaris within the middle meatus?
Maxillary sinus
This sinus lies on each side, just lateral to the nasal cavity, and inferior to the orbit?
Maxillary sinus
Which sinus opens into teh sphenoethmoidal recess?
Sphenoidal sinus
This sinues consists of several groups of cells within the ethmoid bone between the orbit and nasal cavity
Ethmoidal sinus
What are the names of the are pockets that form the ethmoidal sinus?
Ethmoidal cell (sometimes called ethmoidal air cells)
The posterior ethmoidal cells open into what?
Superior meatus
The middle ethmoidal cells open into what?
the ethmoidal bulla within the middle meatus
The anterior ethmoidal cells open into what?
The hiatus semiluaris within the middle meatus