OSSICULA BERTINI IN HUMAN ADULTS

Authors
NEMANIC JK VINTER I KELOVIC Z
Citation
Jk. Nemanic et al., OSSICULA BERTINI IN HUMAN ADULTS, ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER, 180(1), 1998, pp. 55-57
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Anatomy & Morphology
Journal title
ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER
ISSN journal
09409602 → ACNP
Volume
180
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
55 - 57
Database
ISI
SICI code
0940-9602(1998)180:1<55:OBIHA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Remnants of ossicula Bertini in their embryological position, i.e., jo ined to the ethmoid, were found in three out of 20 adult individuals a ged 17-23 years. The ossicles closed the inferior and/or a part of the anterior wall of the sphenoidal sinus, being joined to the wall of th e sinus by sutures. The existence of these formations might be of impo rtance in inflammation of the sphenoid sinus, or disease in or around the nasopharynx.