ethmoidal air cell

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ethmoidal air cell

[ethmoi′dəl]

Etymology: Gk, ethmos, sieve, eidos, form

one of the numerous small thin-walled cavities in the ethmoid bone of the skull. The cavities are lined with mucous membrane continuous with that of the nasal cavity and lie between the upper part of the nasal cavities and the orbits. Compare frontal sinus, maxillary sinus, sphenoidal sinus.

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acinar cell air cell alveolar cell ameboid cell aortic hiatus frontal sinus hiatus maxillary sinus nasal sinus pleuroperitoneal hiatus posterior ethmoidal artery posterior ethmoidal nerve semilunar hiatus sphenoidal sinus upper respiratory tract URT			The ethmoidal air cells consist of numerous thin-walled cavities situated in the ethmoidal labyrinth and completed by the frontal, maxilla, lacrimal, sphenoidal, and palatine bones. Ethmoid Frontal Sinusitis the Facts by Jillian Phillips / Health, general community [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] The right maxillary sinus, both sphenoids, and the left ethmoidal air cells were clear. Bilateral asymmetric mucoceles of the paranasal sinuses: a first case ... by Kurien, Mary / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal CT imaging to look for the source of aspergillosis showed inflammatory mucosal thickening of ethmoidal air cells bilaterally, 1 cm low density lesion in right lobe of the liver, and multiple nodules in right lung. MED-11. Disseminated aspergillosis in a patient with two different ... by El-Daher, Nayef / Southern Medical Journal			Ethernet ethical Ethical Imperialism Ethical Relativism ethicist ethics ethics committee Ethics in Patient Referrals Act ethidium ethinamate ethinyl ethinyl estradiol ethinylestradiol ethiodized oil ethiofencarb ethionamide ethmo- ethmocarditis ethmofrontal ethmoid ethmoid bone ethmoid cells ethmoid infundibulum ethmoid sinus ethmoidal ethmoidal air cell ethmoidal artery ethmoidal cell ethmoidal crest ethmoidal foramen ethmoidal labyrinth ethmoidal process ethmoidal sinus ethmoidal vein ethmoidectomy ethmoiditis ethmoidofrontal suture ethmoidolacrimal suture ethmoidotomy ethmomaxillary ethmosphenoid suture ethmoturbinal ethmoturbinate ethnic Ethnic Cleansing Ethnic Disease ethnic group ethnicity ethnobiology ethnobotanical evidence ethnobotany			ethmoid crest ethmoid fossa ethmoid fossa ethmoid fossa ethmoid infundibulum ethmoid labyrinth ethmoid labyrinth ethmoid labyrinth ethmoid labyrinth ethmoid labyrinth, ethmoidal labyrinth ethmoid labyrinth, ethmoidal labyrinth ethmoid labyrinth, ethmoidal labyrinth ethmoid labyrinth, ethmoidal labyrinth ethmoid process ethmoid process ethmoid process ethmoid process ethmoid s ethmoid s ethmoid s ethmoid sinus ethmoid sinus ethmoid sinuses ethmoid sinuses ethmoid sinuses ethmoid sinusitis ethmoid sinusitis ethmoid sinusitis ethmoidal ethmoidal ethmoidal air cell Ethmoidal air cells Ethmoidal air cells Ethmoidal air sinuses Ethmoidal air sinuses ethmoidal artery ethmoidal artery ethmoidal artery, anterior ethmoidal artery, anterior ethmoidal artery, anterior ethmoidal artery, anterior ethmoidal artery, posterior ethmoidal artery, posterior ethmoidal artery, posterior ethmoidal artery, posterior ethmoidal cell ethmoidal cell Ethmoidal cells Ethmoidal cells ethmoidal concha ethmoidal concha ethmoidal concha ethmoidal crest ethmoidal foramen Ethmoidal foramina Ethmoidal foramina Ethmoidal foramina Ethmoidal foramina ethmoidal foramina, foramina ethmoidalia ethmoidal foramina, foramina ethmoidalia ethmoidal foramina, foramina ethmoidalia

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