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Notes on the nasal fossa of a young Chimpanzee.
Author(s) -
CAVE A. J. E.
Publication year - 1949
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1949.tb00867.x
Subject(s) - anatomy , fossa , anterior cranial fossa , ostium , medicine , frontal sinus , surgery , skull
S ummary . The nasal fossa of a six‐year old female Chimpanzee is figured and described in detail. Anterior ethmoidal sinuses are absent bilaterally. Posterior ethmoidal sinuses of supreme meatal origin are present unilaterally. The maxillary sinus manifests an intra‐frontal extension: an accessory ostium maxillare is present unilaterally.