What Are Ethmoid Air Cells?

Definition. The numerous tiny-walled, fluid-filled cells that lie in the ethmoid bone of the skull (i.e. specifically lying in between the orbits and the upper parts of the nasal cavities), and collectively form the ethmoid sinus. Supplement.

What is mucosal thickening in the ethmoid air cells?

Mucosal thickening in the left anterior ethmoid and maxillary sinuses and in the region of the infundibulum. This indicates an ostiomeatal pattern of sinusitis. The sphenoid sinus drains posterior to the superior turbinate into the sphenoethmoid recess through the sphenoid ostium.

What does ethmoid air cells mean?

: the cavities in the lateral masses of the ethmoid bone that are partly completed by adjoining bones and communicate with the nasal cavity. — called also ethmoidal cells.

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