maxillary sinus
One of the paired paranasal sinuses, located in the body of the maxilla, communicating with the middle meatus of the nasal cavity. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxillary_sinus MESH:A04.531.621.578 ]
Synonyms: sinus maxilliaris, antrum of Highmore
Term info
- Wikipedia:Maxillary_sinus
- CALOHA:TS-2231
- GAID:358
- FMA:57715
- MESH:D008443
- SCTID:181204007
- UMLS:C0024957 (ncithesaurus:Maxillary_Sinus)
- MA:0001794
- NCIT:C12275
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gray1199.png
Highmore antrum, maxillary antrum
uberon
UBERON:0001764
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_33554
Maxillary sinus
Term relations
- anatomical entity
- paranasal sinus
- part of some maxilla
- in lateral side of some head
- in taxon some (not Carnivora)