Bone: 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.

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

[edit] See also

• Nasal concha

[edit] Additional images

Ethmoid bone from the right side.	Horizontal section of nasal and orbital cavities.	Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity.	Coronal section of nasal cavities.
Nasal conchae

[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

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

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v • d • e Head and neck, upper RT: Nose (TA A06.1, GA 10.992) External nose Ala of nose nasal cartilages (of the septum, Greater alar, Lesser alar, Lateral nasal, Accessory nasal, Vomeronasal) Nasal cavity Openings Nasal vestibule · Nostril · Posterior nasal apertures Lateral wall Nasal concha/meati: Superior nasal concha · Middle nasal concha · Inferior nasal concha · Superior nasal meatus · Middle nasal meatus · Inferior nasal meatus Sphenoethmoidal recess · Ethmoid bulla · Agger nasi · Ethmoidal infundibulum · Semilunar hiatus · Maxillary hiatus Medial wall Nasal septum · Vomeronasal organ Mucous membrane Olfactory mucosa Paranasal sinuses Maxillary sinus · Sphenoidal sinuses · Frontal sinus · Ethmoid sinus Naso-pharynx Pharyngeal opening of auditory tube (Salpingopharyngeal fold, Salpingopalatine fold, Torus tubarius) · Pharyngeal tonsil · Pharyngeal recess respiratory system navs: anat nose,larynx/lower+thoracic cavity/physio/dev, noncongen/congen/tumors, symptoms+signs/eponymous, proc

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