2. Paranasal sinuses
– Air containing bony
spaces present
around the nasal cavity.
– Usually lined by
respiratory mucus
membrane .
– Four paired
FRONTAL SINUS
SPHENOIDAL
SINUS
ETHMOIDAL
SINUS
MAXILLARY
3. Maxillary
Sinus
The maxillary sinus is
the pneumatic space
that is lodged inside
the body of the
maxilla.
It communicates with
the environment by the
way of the Middle
nasal meatus and the
Nasal vestibule.
It is one of the
paranasal sinuses.
ANTRUMO
F
.HIGHMORE
4. DEVELOPMENTAL A.SPECTS
First sinus to develop
Initial development of sinus follows number
of morphogenic events in differentiation of
nasal cavity
5. Horizontal shift of palatal
shelves and subsequent fusion
with one another.
Nasal septum separates Oral cavity
from nasal chambers
Expansion of lateral nasal wall and 3
walls begin to fold
3 Nasal conchae & 3
meatus
Superior & inferior
- Shallow depression for
half
of IU Life
Middle
- Expansion in lateral wall
and in inferior direction