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Abstract
Air-filled spaces located within the bones around the NASAL CAVITY. They are extensions of the nasal cavity and lined by the ciliated NASAL MUCOSA. Each sinus is named for the cranial bone in which it is located, such as the ETHMOID SINUS; the FRONTAL SINUS; the MAXILLARY SINUS; and the SPHENOID SINUS.
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- Nasal Sinuses
- Sinuses, Nasal
- Osteomeatal Complex
- Ostiomeatal Complex
- Ostiomeatal Unit
- Sinonasal Tract
- Supraorbital Ethmoid Cell
- Cell, Supraorbital Ethmoid
- Complex, Osteomeatal
- Ethmoid Cell, Supraorbital
- Osteomeatal Complices
- Ostiomeatal Complices
- Ostiomeatal Units
- Sinonasal Tracts
- Supraorbital Ethmoid Cells
- Tract, Sinonasal
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, ultrastructure, virology.
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general, prefer specifics; inflammation = SINUSITIS but do not add PARANASAL SINUSES for "paranasal" or "nasal" sinusitis
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- National Library of Medicine. Paranasal Sinuses. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010256. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010256
- Paranasal Sinuses. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranasal_sinuses
- Paranasal Sinuses. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281473