Sphenoethmoidal recess

Sphenoethmoidal recess
Lateral wall of nasal cavity (sphenoethmoidal recess labeled at top)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	recessus sphenoethmoidalis
TA98	A06.1.02.022 A02.1.00.094
TA2	499
FMA	59734
Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata]

The sphenoethmoidal recess is a small triangular space superior to the superior nasal meatus of the nasal cavity into which the sphenoidal sinus ^{[1] [2] [3]} opens. ^[4] The sphenoethmoidal recess is situated supero posterior to the superior nasal concha, ^{[3] [2]} between the superior nasal concha and the anterior aspect of the body of the sphenoid bone. ^[1]

Anatomy

Variation

When present, the supreme nasal concha is situated upon the lateral wall of the sphenoethmoid recess, with the supreme nasal meatus created below it occasionally presenting an opening of the posterior ethmoidal sinus. ^[1]

References

1. Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42nd ed.). New York. p. 692. ISBN   978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC   1201341621.
2. Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). Elsevier Australia. p. 373. ISBN   978-0-7295-3752-0.
3. Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2017). Essential Clinical Anatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 966. ISBN   978-1496347213.
4. Cappello, Zachary J.; Minutello, Katrina; Dublin, Arthur B. (2023), "Anatomy, Head and Neck, Nose Paranasal Sinuses", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID   29763001 , retrieved 2023-07-04

External links

• Anatomy figure: 33:04-04 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The turbinates have been cut and removed to illustrate the meatus and openings into them."