Meatuses
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meatuses — mɪ eɪtÉ™s n. opening or passage in the body (Anatomy) … English contemporary dictionary
Mucous membrane of nose — Latin tunica mucosa nasi, membrana mucosa nasi Gray s subject #223 996 The nasal mucous membrane lines the nasal cavities, and is intimately adherent to the periosteum or perichondrium. It is continuou … Wikipedia
nasal concha — n any of three thin bony plates on the lateral wall of the nasal fossa on each side with or without their covering of mucous membrane: a) a separate curved bony plate that is the largest of the three and separates the inferior and middle meatuses … Medical dictionary
Meatus — Me*a tus, n. sing. & pl.; E. pl. {Meatuses}. [L., a going, passage, fr. meare to go.] (Anat.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of {Ear}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meatus — noun (plural meatuses or meatus) Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin, going, passage, from meare to go more at permeate Date: 1580 a natural body passage … New Collegiate Dictionary
Meatus — In anatomy, a meatus is a natural body opening or canal (Latin, 4th declension pl. meatus, or meatuses often incorrectly meati). Examples include: the external acoustic meatus, the opening of the ear canal The internal auditory meatus, a canal in … Wikipedia
Empty nose syndrome — (ENS) is a medical term coined by Dr. Kern and Dr. Stenquist (1996) to describe a cluster of symptoms that often occurs when a nose is crippled by over resection of the inferior and/or middle turbinates of the nose. ENS can be considered as a… … Wikipedia
Superior meatus — Infobox Bone Name = Superior meatus Latin = meatus nasi superior GraySubject = 57 GrayPage = 195 Caption = Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity. (Superior meatus labeled at center right.) Caption2 = Coronal section of nasal cavities … Wikipedia
Inferior meatus — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = meatus nasi inferior GraySubject = 57 GrayPage = 195 Caption = Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity. (Inferior meatus labeled at center right.) Caption2 = System = MeshName = MeshNumber =… … Wikipedia
Greater palatine nerve — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = nervus palatinus major, nervus palatinus anterior GraySubject = 200 GrayPage = 893 Caption = The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Anterior palatine at bottom right) Caption2 = Innervates =… … Wikipedia
