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Descriptor English: Paranasal Sinuses
Descriptor Spanish: Senos Paranasales
Descriptor senos paranasales
Entry term(s) senos nasales
tracto nasosinusal
Scope note: Espacios llenos de aire localizados en el interior de los huesos que rodean las FOSAS NASALES. Son extensiones de la cavidad nasal y están recubiertos de MUCOSA NASAL ciliada. Cada seno se denomina por el hueso craneal donde se encuentra, como son SENO ETMOIDAL, SENO FRONTAL, SENO MAXILAR y SENO ESFENOIDAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Seios Paranasais
Descriptor French: Sinus de la face
Entry term(s): Nasal Sinuses
Sinonasal Tract
Sinonasal Tracts
Sinuses, Nasal
Sinuses, Paranasal
Tract, Sinonasal
Tree number(s): A04.531.621
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010256
Scope note: Air-filled spaces located within the bones around the NASAL CAVITY. They are extensions of the nasal cavity and lined by the ciliated NASAL MUCOSA. Each sinus is named for the cranial bone in which it is located, such as the ETHMOID SINUS; the FRONTAL SINUS; the MAXILLARY SINUS; and the SPHENOID SINUS.
Annotation: general, prefer specifics; inflammation = SINUSITIS but do not add PARANASAL SINUSES for "paranasal" or "nasal" sinusitis
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 10444
Unique ID: D010256
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/05/17
Paranasal Sinuses - Preferred
Concept UI M0015894
Scope note Air-filled spaces located within the bones around the NASAL CAVITY. They are extensions of the nasal cavity and lined by the ciliated NASAL MUCOSA. Each sinus is named for the cranial bone in which it is located, such as the ETHMOID SINUS; the FRONTAL SINUS; the MAXILLARY SINUS; and the SPHENOID SINUS.
Preferred term Paranasal Sinuses
Entry term(s) Nasal Sinuses
Sinuses, Nasal
Sinuses, Paranasal
Sinonasal Tract - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000648574
Preferred term Sinonasal Tract
Entry term(s) Sinonasal Tracts
Tract, Sinonasal



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