Sinuses draining into the middle meatus
FAM
Explains why osteomeatal blockage causes combined sinusitis.
Omits the nasolacrimal duct, which opens into the inferior meatus.
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FAM. It helps you recall: Sinuses draining into the middle meatus.
Frontal sinus
Anterior ethmoidal cells
Maxillary sinus
F: Frontal sinus; A: Anterior ethmoidal cells; M: Maxillary sinus.
It belongs to Middle meatus drainage in ENT.
Omits the nasolacrimal duct, which opens into the inferior meatus.
Explains why osteomeatal blockage causes combined sinusitis.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a ENT question about Middle meatus drainage.
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