uncinate process
![Acute Maxillary Sinusitis [after treatment]](https://medtube.net/images/min/7dce2d4e079dacf08d07348e105150cf/149/112/1 "Acute Maxillary Sinusitis [after treatment]")
Acute Maxillary Sinusitis [after treatment]
The administration of a suitable broad-spectrum antibiotic is still the treatment of choice for acute uncomplicated bacterial sinusitis. Now that the acute infection has completely resolved, the predisposing...
Enlarged and Medially Rotated Uncinate Process
In this patient with a left maxillary sinus mucocele, the left uncinate process is grossly enlarged and rotated medially so that it lies at right angle to the long axis of the nasal cavity. The uncinate...
![The Uncinate Process [Skeletal Specimen]](https://medtube.net/images/min/fef48b371c4bf9a142ccbee2b63a838c/149/112/1 "The Uncinate Process [Skeletal Specimen]")
The Uncinate Process [Skeletal Specimen]
This right skeletal specimen clearly shows the uncinate process. The infundibulum is the air-containing space that is bounded by the uncinate process medially, the lamina papyracea laterally and the ethmoidal...
![Normal UncinateProcess [right]](https://medtube.net/images/min/00a68a1088bd55cbdb3431557aebf08d/149/112/1 "Normal UncinateProcess [right]")
Normal UncinateProcess [right]
In the ethmoid bone, a sickle shaped projection, the uncinate process, projects posteroinferiorly from the medial surface of the ethmoid bone. Between the posterior edge of this process and the anterior...
![Normal Uncinate Process [right]](https://medtube.net/images/min/48411754ee304e0ba21f07335308b1ca/149/112/1 "Normal Uncinate Process [right]")
Normal Uncinate Process [right]
The curved structure that arises from the lacrimal ridge and extends posteromedially like a visor over the anterior aspect of the ethmoidal bulla is the uncinate process. The ethmoidal bulla can be seen...
Max Sinus Ostea
This is a cadaveric coronal section cut through the plane of the maxillary ostia, showing the uncinate process bilaterally. Rote the relationship of the maxillary sinus to the orbit superiorly. The ethmoid...
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