ANATOMY OF LATERAL WALL OF NOSE
EMBRYOLOGY IN BRIEF
The development of NOSE starts at about 4th week of gestational age. Three prominences appear around stomatodaeum(future mouth)….
FRONTONASAL PROCESS…mesoderm covering the developing forebrain Proliferates,& forms downward projection that overlaps upper part of stomatodaeum. MANDIBULAR ARCHES( Rt & Lt)….arising from 1st pharyngeal arch. Mandibular arch divides into maxillary and mandibular process.
4th-5th week
The Nose is derived from frontonasal process in 4th fetal week. 5th fetal week ectodermal plaques develop on lateral aspect of FNP
& become paired NASAL PLACODES,early precursors of nares. End of 5th week these convex placodes develop into concave nasal
grooves, the medial & lateral sides of placodes protrudes forwards to become Medial & Lateral Nasal Process.
• 6th fetal week nasal grooves become blind-ending Nasal Pits with forward & downward growth of maxillary process.
• 7th fetal week nasal pit deepens forms Nasal Sac which forms future nasal cavity.
6th -7th week
LATERAL WALL OF NOSE devolopment…. 7th-8th fetal week lateral wall of nasal capsule begins to form
series of ridges of mesenchymal tissue. st th 1 ridge, the maxilloturbinal(7 week)…INFERIOR TURBINATE. st th 5 to 6 ridges appear superior to 1 (8 week)…through regression & fusion, these ridges forms 3 to 4 ethmoturbinals.
• 1st ethmoturbinal (nasoturbinal)…aggar nasi (ascending portio & uncinate process(descending portion). • 2nd ethmoturbinal ….MIDDLE TURBINATE. • 3rd forms …SUPERIOR TURBINATE • rest regress or supreme turbinate.
8th week
SUMMARY OF EMRYONIC PRECURSORS
PARANASAL SINUSES Appear as outgrowths from nasal cavity.
Frontal ,maxillary,& ethmoidal sinuses arise from
evaginations of lateral nasal wall. Sphenoid sinus arises from a posterior evagination of nasal capsule.
PARANASAL SINUSES The sinuses begin to develop in 3rd fetal month & only
ethmoidal & maxillary sinus, are present at birth. Maxillary sinus begins as an outpounching of lateral nasal wall at 10th fetal week. Ethmoidal sinus begins at 3rd month of fetal life.
Frontal sinus develops during 4th fetal month as an
outpounching medial the most superior aspect of uncinate process. Sphenoid sinus are unique in that they arise from within the nasal capsule of embryonic nose. undeveloped until 3 yrs by 7 yrs pneumatization reaches sella tursica by age 9 to 12 it is generally complete
Lateral nasal wall Formed by 3 or 4 conchae(or turbinates) Named from below inferior, middle, superior, supreme conchae. Meatus refers to air spaces located beneath conchae Remaining nasal cavity posterior to turbinates is nasopharyngeal
meatus.
The lateral wall of nose: Maxillary bone Ethmoid bone sphenoid bone Inferior turbinate Lacrimal bone Palatine bone
Turbinates
Lamella
Lateral nasal wall Inferior turbinate/meatus Largest turbinate and largest meatus Highest at the jnctn of ant and middle 3 rd (1.6-2.3 cm) Separate bone covered by thick mucous membrane Nasolacrimal opening in anterior portion of lateral wall of inferior meatus Slit like opening is protected by fold of mucous membrane, the plica lacrimalis or valve of Hasner
Lateral nasal wall Inferior turbinate separate bone with irregular surface ,perforated and grooved by vascular channels… has a maxillary process which articulates with inferior margin of
maxillary hiatus, articulates with ethnoid, palatine and lacrimal bones.
Middle turbinate/meatus Portion of ethmoid bone It recieves drainage from the frontal, maxillary and ant ethmoidal cells hiatus semilunaris and ethmoid infundibulum. maxillary hiatus. ant and post fontanelles recesses terminalis
The agger nasi remnant of the nasoturbinal in lower mammals most anterior part of the ethmoid. Represented by small crest or mound on the lateral wall just ant to attachment of middle turbinate. it may be pnuematised ( 5 – 80 % )
Middle turbinate, basal lamella Part 1st part 2nd part 3rd part
Site Direction (anterior) Vertical (middle) Oblique (posterior) Transverse
Attachment Skull base Lamina papyracea Perpendicular plate of palatine bone
Basal lamella and ethmoids •
Basal lamella: – Anterior ethmoids – Posterior ethmoids
Uncinate process
Ethmoidal bulla Contains largest ant etmoidal cell Ant face forms the posterior margin of HS Post – fuse with basal lamella of the MT Superiorly – reach the roof of ethmoids forming post wall of frontal recess. retrobullar recess Suprabullar recess
Concha bullosa:(36%)
Aerated middle turbinate/unilateral or bilateral May obstruct middle meatus osteomeatal complex(sinusitis) May get infected form mucocele
Paradoxical middle turbinate:
Greater curvature of middle turbinate is concave to
middle meatus
Double middle turbinate: Anteriorly bent UP may come in with middle
turbinate Narrows middle meatus & appear as additional turbinate
Frontal recess
A
B
Opening of the frontal sinus Drainage into frontal recess anterior to the infundibulum(55%) Drainage above but not into the infundibulum(30%)
Drainage into infundibulum(15%) Drainage above the bulla(1%)
Uncinate process
Ostiomeatal complex : OMC
Anterior ethmoid middle meatus complex
Ostiomeatal complex : OMC Suprabullar recess Lateral sinus Retrobullar recess
Maxillary ostium
Frontal ostium Frontal recess
Infundibulum
Ostiomeatal complex : OMC Bulla ethmoidalis Hiatus semilunaris inferior Infundibulum
Frontal recess & Frontal ostium Maxillary ostium
Maxillary ostium
Superior turbinate/meatus Is approx. ½ length of middle turbinate Starts about middle of lower turbinate & becomes
continuous with them Sphenoethmoidal recess opens medial to superior turbinate
supreme turbinate Unilaterally or bilaterally in 60% of individuals Ostia of pos. ethmoidal cells open into supreme meatus(75%)
APPLIED ANATOMY OF LATERAL WALL OF NOSE ……..mainly during endoscopic surgery
Skull base: anterior ethmoids & AEA Crista galli Septum Cribriform plate Middle turbinate Lateral lamella Fovea ethmoidalis
Sphenoid sinus Optic nerve
Carotid artery Sella tursica Maxillary nerve Vidian nerve
Blood Supply The arterial supply is from external and internal carotid. Majority from branches of the maxillary artery, one of the
terminal branches of the external carotid artery The most important branch is the sphenopalatine artery
Blood Supply Sphenopalatine enters via sphenopalatine foramen which lies just inf to the horizontal attachment of the middle turbinate An area anteriorly is supplied by the branch from the facial
and part of the lateral wall adjacent to the palate recieves blood from greater palatine. The internal carotid art via ethmoidals supply superior
lateral walls
Nerve Supply Superior part – olfactory nerve. Anterosuperiorly – ant ethm nerve Post – branches of pterygopalatine ganglion ant pal nerves Infraorbital nerve
Ant sup alveolar n
Lymph Drainage The lymph vessels draining the vestibule end in the
submandibular nodes The remainder of the nasal cavity is drained by vessels that
to the upper deep cervical nodes
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