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  2. Frontonasal duct - Wikipedia

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    The frontonasal duct is a duct through which either frontal sinus drains into the nasal cavity. [2] [3] Each frontal sinus opens into the frontonasal duct by an opening (the opening of frontal sinus or frontal sinus aperture [4]) on the inferomedial part [3] of the floor of the sinus. [4]

  3. Frontal sinus - Wikipedia

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    The frontal sinuses are one of the four pairs of paranasal sinuses that are situated behind the brow ridges. Sinuses are mucosa -lined airspaces within the bones of the face and skull. Each opens into the anterior part of the corresponding middle nasal meatus of the nose through the frontonasal duct which traverses the anterior part of the ...

  4. Frontal sinus trephination - Wikipedia

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    Endoscopically, it is detected by visualizing flushed fluorescein dye into the nasal cavity. This process is a method to detect the frontal sinus outflow tract. In some cases after endoscopic sinus surgery, frontal sinus trephining is indicated in order to prevent stenosis of frontal sinus infundibulum by passing down a catheter into the ...

  5. Human nose - Wikipedia

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    The frontal sinuses are located in the frontal bone; the sphenoidal sinuses in the sphenoid bone; the maxillary sinuses in the maxilla; and the ethmoidal sinuses in the ethmoid bone. [2] [13] A narrow opening called a sinus ostium from each of the paranasal sinuses allows drainage into the nasal cavity. The maxillary sinus is the largest of the ...

  6. Paranasal sinuses - Wikipedia

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    The, paranasal sinuses are joined to the nasal cavity via small orifices called ostia. These become blocked easily by allergic inflammation, or by swelling in the nasal lining that occurs with a cold. If this happens, normal drainage of mucus within the sinuses is disrupted, and sinusitis may occur. Because the maxillary posterior teeth are ...

  7. Sinus (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    A person with a sinus infection often has nasal congestion with thick nasal secretions, fever, and cough (WebMD). Patients can be treated by “reducing the swelling or inflammation in the nasal passages and sinuses, eliminating the infection, promoting drainage from the sinuses, and maintaining open sinuses” (WebMD).

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