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What maintains the shape of the external nose?
What maintains the shape of the external nose?
- Ascending process of the maxilla
- Nasal process of the frontal bone (correct)
- Palatine process of the maxillae
- Alar cartilage
Which of the following forms the floor of each nasal cavity?
Which of the following forms the floor of each nasal cavity?
- Quadrilateral cartilage of the nasal septum
- Horizontal parts of the palatine bones (correct)
- Nasal bone
- Upper lateral cartilage
What separates the right and left nasal cavities?
What separates the right and left nasal cavities?
- Ascending process of the maxilla
- Alar cartilage
- Nasal septum (correct)
- Nasal bone
What do the nasal cavities communicate with through their ostia?
What do the nasal cavities communicate with through their ostia?
Which structure supports the upper part of the external nose?
Which structure supports the upper part of the external nose?
What is the skeletal framework of the external nose made up of?
What is the skeletal framework of the external nose made up of?
What are the three bony constituents of the external nose?
What are the three bony constituents of the external nose?
Which bone houses the largest paranasal sinus?
Which bone houses the largest paranasal sinus?
What is the function of the paranasal sinuses related to increasing the surface area for olfaction?
What is the function of the paranasal sinuses related to increasing the surface area for olfaction?
Which sinuses are regarded as an upward extension of the anterior ethmoidal cells?
Which sinuses are regarded as an upward extension of the anterior ethmoidal cells?
What is the relation of the anterior wall of the maxillary sinus to the skin of the cheeks?
What is the relation of the anterior wall of the maxillary sinus to the skin of the cheeks?
Which bone contains air-containing space within it?
Which bone contains air-containing space within it?
What is the shape of the maxillary sinus?
What is the shape of the maxillary sinus?
Which bone contains anterior and posterior groups of thin-walled cavities?
Which bone contains anterior and posterior groups of thin-walled cavities?
Which cavity communicates with the sinuses and the nasopharynx?
Which cavity communicates with the sinuses and the nasopharynx?
