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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.)
Gray's	subject #36 156

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.

[edit] See also

• Nasal concha

[edit] Additional images

Horizontal section of nasal and orbital cavities.

Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity.

[edit] External links

• SUNY Figs 33:01-04
• upstate.edu - Frontal
• Atlas of anatomy at UMich rsa1p9 - lateral
• Atlas of anatomy at UMich rsa1p6 - coronal

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