Summary of Paranasal sinuses

Edited by: Arvin Shahbazi

Supervised by: Dr. Altdorfer Kroly & Dr. Somogyi Gyrgy


Paranasal sinuses
They are sinuses which are communicated
with nasal cavity and filled with air

How paranasal sinuses are
connected with nasal cavity!
To which part of nasal cavity
they will open!
1) Frontal sinus
(It is located in frontal bone,
which forms hard part of forhead)
Through the ethmoidal
infundibulum (funnel shape
tube) enters to ant. part of
Semilunar hiatus so finally
enters to nasal cavity


Middle nasal meatus

2) Mailary sinus
(The biggest paranasal sinus which
called also Highmore sinus and
located inside the maxilla)
pens to the post. part of
Semilunar hiatus and goes to
nasal cavity

Middle nasal meatus

!) "phenoidal sinus
(It is located in body of sphenoid
bone below the hypophyseal fossa
and separated by septum)
!y opening of sphenoidal
aperture enters to
sphenoethmoidal recess and
through it goes to sup. part of
nasal cavity

#ommon nasal meatus
$) %thmoidal sinus
(It is collective name for the
ethmoidal air cells and consist of
" sinuses which are located
between orbit and upper part of
nasal cavity)

#nt. ethmoidal air cells
$iddle ethmoidal air cells
%ost. ethmoidal air cells
Middle nasal meatus
Middle nasal meatus

"uperior nasal meatus