Paranasal Sinuses

Question 1

Paranasal sinuses

Answer 1

Air filled cavities lined with mucous membrane

Question 2

Functions of the sinuses

Answer 2

1. Make the bones of the skull lighter 2. Help produce sound by giving resonance to the voice 3. To produce mucus to provide lubrication for the tissues of the nasal cavity

Question 3

Frontal sinues

Answer 3

Frontal bone above the eybrows

Question 4

Sphenoid sinuses

Answer 4

Located in the sphenoid bone behind the eye and under the pituitary gland, close to the optic nerve

Question 5

Maxillary sinuses

Answer 5

Largest, located in maxillary bones

Question 6

Ethmoid sinuses

Answer 6

Ethmoid bones