3. Turbinates (Chonchae)
Three paired turbinates
- Superior
- Middle
- Inferior
Define regions of superior middle and inferior
meati
Variant anatomy
-concha bullosa
-paradoxical turbinate
4. Superior turbinate
-smallest turbinate
Joint attachment with middle turbinate to the
ethmoid complex
-vertical portion basal lamella
Tail points toward sphenoid sinus ostium at
sphenoethmoidal recess
-Surgical landmark
5. Middle turbinate
Attachments
-Superior = cribriform plate via vertical portion
of basal lamella
-Lateral=lateral nasal wall
-Basal lamella also attaches to lamina papyracea
8. Superior meatus
• Location
- between superior turbinate and lateral
nasal cavity wall
- Connected to pterygopalatine fossa via
sphenopalatine foramen
• Drainage
- Posterior ethmoid air cells
- Sphenoid sinus
9. Middle meatus
Location
- Between middle turbinate and lateral nasal
cavity wall
Drainage
-Maxillary sinus
-Frontal sinus
-Anterior ethmoid air cells
12. Frontal sinus
- Air cells within frontal bone
Boundaries
- Anterior – frontal bone
- Posterior and superior – floor of anterior
cranial fossa
- Inferior – orbital roof
Drainage
- Middle meatus via frontal recess
13. Maxillary sinus
Air cells within maxilla
Boundaries
- Posterior – retromaxillary fat, PPF, masticator
space
- Superior - Orbital floor
- Inferior - Maxillary alveolus
Drainage
- Middle meatus via ostium -> infundibulum ->
hiatus semilunaris
14. Ethmoid sinus
Complex air cell labyrinth
Boundaries
- Superior – cribriform plate (and its lateral
lamella) + fovea ethmoidalis
- Lateral – lamina papyracea
- Posterior – sphenoid sinus
Anterior and posterior cells
- Seperated by basal lamella
- Different drainage routes
15. Ethmoid sinus
Anterior air cells
- Drains via anterior recess of hiatus semilunaris
into middle meatus
Posterior air cells
- Drains via sphenoethmoidal recess near
superior meatus
16. Sphenoid sinus
Air cells within sphenoid bone
• Boundaries
-Superior – Sella turcica
-Inferior – Nasopharynx roof
- Anterior – Post.ethmoids
-Posterior – clivus
• Drainage
- Sphenoethmoidal recess to superior meatus
18. Agger nasi cell
• Nasal Mound
• Dominant, anterior-most ethmoid cell
• Forms anterior and lateral margins of frontal
recess inferiorly
• Surgical access point to frontal recess
19. Frontal (Kuhn) Recess Cells
• Sit above agger nasi
• Forms anterior and lateral margins of
frontal recess superiorly
• 4 types
-type 1 – single cell
-type 2- stack of 2+ cells
-type 3 – single large cell extending into
frontal sinus
-type 4 – cell in frontal sinus
20. Ethmoid bulla
-Dominant anterior air cell
-Lateral margin of ethmoid infundibulum
-Posterior margin of frontal recess
-Overlies hiatus semilunatis
21. Suprabullar cell
- Anteiror ethmoid cell
- Sits above ethmoid bulla, but lies below frontal
sinus
-Posterior margin of frontal recess
-Can be mistaken for skull base during FESS
22. Frontal bullar cell
-Similar to suprabullar cell
-Sits above ethmoid bulla, extends above frontal
sinus ostium into frontal sinus
-Posterior margin of frontal recess
-Can be mistaken for skull base during FESS
23. Interfrontal sinus septal cell
-Pneumatized interfrontal sinus septum
-May extend into crista galli
-Drains to frontal recess
-May contribute to obstruction
24. Supraorbital ethmoid cells
-Anterior ethmoid cells
-Extend superolaterally above orbit
-Posterior to frontal sinus
-Posterolateral to frontal recess
Drains to frontal recess
-Located above and may “uncover”anterior
ethmoidal artery notch
35. Lamina papyracea
• Increased risk of orbital penetration
• remote orbital blowout fracture
• +/- Prolapse of retroorbital contents into
sinus
• Infraorbital ethmoid (Haller) cell
• Apposition of uncinate process to orbital
wall
36. Onodi cell
• Variant posterior ethmoid air cell
• Mimics sphenoid sinus
• -Use horizontal septum to ID
• Maycause confusion for surgical
decompression
• Optic nerve frequently has intrasinus course
in Onodi
• Increased risk of optic nerve injury during
FESS
37. Sphenoid sinus
• Pneumatization pattern
• -Conchal, presellar, or sellar
• Skull base and anterior clinoid
• Internal carotid artery
• Intrasphenoid sinus course or dehiscence
• Septum attachment
38. Ethmoid artery
• Variable ethmoid pneumatization around
the anterior ethmoid artery
• Uncovering of the osseous mesentery ->
increased risk of surgical injury