The Morphological Interaction Between the Nasal Cavity and Maxillary Sinuses in Living Humans

Anatomical Record

Volumn 296, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 414-426

  Holton, Nathan ^a,b   Yokley, Todd ^c   Butaric, Lauren ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

^c METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Computed tomography; Human variation; Pneumatization

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MAXILLARY SINUS VOLUME; MORPHOLOGY; NASAL CAVITY SHAPE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASAL CAVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873748887     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22655     Document Type: Article

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