Superior nasal concha

The back part of the medial surface of the labyrinth of ethmoid is subdivided by a narrow oblique fissure, the superior meatus of the nose, bounded above by a thin, curved plate, the superior nasal concha.

Superior nasal concha
Ethmoid bone from behind.
Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. (Superior nasal concha is at top of pink region.)
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Identifiers
LatinConcha nasi superior,
concha nasalis superior
TA98A06.1.02.013
TA2734
FMA57458
Anatomical terms of bone

The bone found in superior nasal concha is part of the ethmoid bone.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 156 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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