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Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. Superior nasal concha is at top of pink region. The back part of the medial surface of the labyrinth of ethmoid is subdivided by a narrow oblique fissure, the superior meatus of the nose, bounded above by a thin, curved plate, the superior nasal concha..Each pair is composed of one concha in either side of the nasal cavity, divided by the septum. The superior conchae are smaller structures, connected to the middle conchae by nerve endings, and serve to protect the olfactory bulb. The openings to the posterior ethmoidal sinuses exist under the superior meatus..
