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Respiratory System > Nose > Paranasal Sinuses > Frontal Sinus
Sense Organs > Nose > Paranasal Sinuses > Frontal Sinus
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Nose > Paranasal Sinuses > Frontal Sinus

Preferred term

Frontal Sinus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Agger Nasi Cell
  • Agger Nasi Cells
  • Cell, Agger Nasi
  • Frontal Recess
  • Frontal Recesses
  • Frontal Sinus Ostium
  • Frontal Sinus Ostiums
  • Recess, Frontal
  • Sinus Ostium, Frontal
  • Sinus Ostiums, Frontal

Note

  • inflammation or sinusitis = FRONTAL SINUSITIS; fractures: coordinate FRONTAL SINUS /inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS (IM)

Scope note

  • One of the paired, but seldom symmetrical, air spaces located between the inner and outer compact layers of the FRONTAL BONE in the forehead.

In other languages

  • otsaontelo

    Finnish

  • frontaaliontelo
  • frontaaliontelot
  • frontaalisinukset
  • frontaalisinus
  • otsaontelot
  • sinus frontalis
  • Pannhåla

    Swedish

  • Frontalsinus

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005626

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