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Ethmoid bulla

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Ethmoid bulla
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Identifiers
Latinbulla ethmoidalis
TA98A06.1.02.026
A02.1.07.015
TA23150, 736
FMA57487
Anatomical terminology

The ethmoid bulla (or ethmoidal bulla) is an elevation[1] or bulge[citation needed] on lateral wall of the middle meatus[1] produced by[citation needed] - and just above the - middle ethmoidal cells, which are contained within this bulla, and open on or near to it. Just below the bulla is a curved fissure, the hiatus semilunaris. The maxillary sinus also opens below the bulla.[1]

The size of the bulla varies with that of its contained cells. The bulla may be a pneumatised cell or a bony prominence. It is also the largest among the middle ethmoidal cells.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gray, Henry; Lewis, Warren H. (1918). Anatomy of the Human Body (20th Edition). p. 195.


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