frontal sinus

frontal sinus
frontal sinus n either of two air spaces lined with mucous membrane each of which lies within the frontal bone above one of the orbits

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sinus frontalis [TA] one of the paired irregular shaped paranasal sinuses located in the frontal bone deep to the superciliary arch, separated from its fellow of the opposite side by a bony septum; it communicates by way of the nasofrontal duct with the middle meatus of the nasal cavity on the same side.

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