Middle nasal concha
| Bone: Middle nasal concha | |
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| Ethmoid bone from behind. | |
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| Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. (Middle nasal concha is at bottom of pink region.) | |
| Latin | Concha media |
| Gray's | subject #36 156 |
The medial surface of the labyrinth of ethmoid consists of a thin lamella, which descends from the under surface of the cribriform plate, and ends below in a free, convoluted margin, the middle nasal concha.
It is rough, and marked above by numerous grooves, directed nearly vertically downward from the cribriform plate; they lodge branches of the olfactory nerves, which are distributed to the mucous membrane covering the superior nasal concha.
[edit] Additional images
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Nose and nasal cavities
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Ethmoid bone from the right side.
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Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity.
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The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches.
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Coronal section of nasal cavities.
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Sagittal section of nose, mouth, pharynx, and larynx.
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Nasal conchae
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- SUNY Figs 33:01-01
- SUNY Figs 22:02-10
- upstate.edu - Frontal
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich rsa1p9 - lateral
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich rsa1p6 - coronal
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34256.000-1
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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