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

Preferred term

Sphenoid Sinus  

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Broader concept

Note

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

Scope note

  • One of the paired air spaces located in the body of the SPHENOID BONE behind the ETHMOID BONE in the middle of the skull. Sphenoid sinus communicates with the posterosuperior part of NASAL CAVITY on the same side.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013101

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