Superior nasal concha explained

Superior nasal concha
Latin:	concha nasi superior, concha nasalis superior

The superior nasal concha is a small, curved plate of bone representing a medial bony process of the labyrinth of the ethmoid bone. The superior nasal concha forms the roof of the superior nasal meatus.^[1]

Anatomy

Anatomical relations

The superior nasal concha is situated posterosuperiorly to the middle nasal concha. It forms the superior boundary of the superior nasal meatus. Superior to the superior nasal concha is the sphenoethmoidal recess where the sphenoid sinus communicates with the nasal cavity; the sphenoethmoidal recess is interposed between the superior nasal concha, and (the anterior aspect of) the body of sphenoid bone. The sphenoid sinus ostium exists medial to the superior turbinate.^[2]

See also

• Nasal concha

External links

• • upstate.edu - Frontal
• - lateral
• - coronal

Notes and References

1. Book: Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice . 2021 . Susan Standring . 978-0-7020-7707-4 . Forty-second . [New York] . 1201341621.
2. Millar . D. Anderson . Orlandi . Richard R. . 2006 . The sphenoid sinus natural ostium is consistently medial to the superior turbinate . American Journal of Rhinology . 20 . 2 . 180–181 . 1050-6586 . 16686384.