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ethmoid infundibulum

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ethmoid infundibulum
n.
A passage from the middle meatus of the nose communicating with the anterior ethmoidal cells and frontal sinus.


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When suction was applied to the middle meatus, mucopus drained from the area of the right ethmoid infundibulum (figure, D).
4) The natural ostium can be visualized in the ethmoid infundibulum with a 0[degree] telescope.
The anterior ethmoid cells drain into the middle meatus--of ten through the hiatus semilunaris superior, but sometimes through the anterior or lateral bulla wall, the ethmoid infundibulum, the hiatus semilunaris inferior, or the retrobullar recess.
 
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