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Agger nasi
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Lateral wall of nasal cavity; the three nasal conchæ have been removed.
Gray's	subject #38 161
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The agger nasi (from agger meaning "mound or heap") is a small ridge on the lateral side of the nasal cavity. It is located midway at the anterior edge of the middle nasal concha, directly above the atrium of the middle meatus. It is formed by a mucous membrane that is covering the ethmoidal crest of the maxilla.

It is also called the nasoturbinal concha and the nasal ridge.

[edit] Reference

• "Agger nasi." Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed. (2000). ISBN 0-683-40007-X - Stedman's/LWW 1487156

[edit] External links

• Diagram at washington.edu

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maxilla: body of maxilla: Incisive fossa | Maxillary sinus | Canine fossa | Infraorbital foramen | Anterior nasal spine | Alveolar canals | Infraorbital canal | Pterygopalatine canal Zygomatic process | Frontal process (Agger nasi | Anterior lacrimal crest) | Alveolar process | Palatine process (Incisive foramen | Incisive canals | Foramina of Scarpa | Premaxilla | Anterior nasal spine) lacrimal bone: Posterior lacrimal crest | Lacrimal groove zygomatic bone: Zygomaticofacial foramen | Zygomaticotemporal foramen | Zygomaticoörbital foramina palatine bone: Pterygopalatine fossa | Pterygoid fossa | Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) | Perpendicular plate (Pterygopalatine canal | Sphenopalatine foramen | Pyramidal process) processes (Orbital | Sphenoidal) mandible: body (Symphysis menti, Mental foramen, Mylohyoid line) | Ramus mandibulae (Mandibular foramen, Mandibular canal, Mandibular notch) others: nasal bone | inferior nasal conchae (maxillary process) | vomer