Sinuses & Rhinitis Flashcards
Antrum of Highmore
Aka Maxillary sinus
Floor of maxillary sinus ?
Alveolar Process of Maxilla
Related to 2nd premolar & 1st Molar
Ethmoidal cell present below orbit ?
Haller cell
(HELL is below the eye)
Ethmoidal cell present most anteriorly ?
Agger Nasi
Can at times almost invade n pneumatize uncinate
Posterior Ethmoidal cell present near Optic ?
Onodi cell
Sinuses at Birth ?
” ME till im 15”
Maxillary and Ethmoidal
Both Complete by 12 to 15 yrs
Last to develop & Last to complete
Frontal
2nd yr of life ethamoidal cells grow into frontal bone
Finishes by 18yrs
Frontal
visible on xray by ?
Q2 no idea of question
8th yr
12th yr
Sphenoid sinuses develop by ?
Small sac present at birth
Develops by 5th yr
Cavernous sinus
Inside:
6.
Carotic plexus
ICA
Lateral wall - 3,4,V1 V2
Roof optic nerve
Tras sphenoidal Hypophysectomy deals with Sella types
Sella 90% > presellar 9% > cochal 1%
Bulla ethamoidalis is situated behind ?
Uncinate process
Aggar nasi communicates with ?
Situated where ?
Frontal sinus
Its situated just anterior to middle turbinate
Pnumatization of what leads to choncha bullosa ?
Middle turbinate
Drains into frontal or aggar nasi
Haller cells
At roof of maxillary sinus
Below choncha bullosa
Impeds maxillary drainage