See Also: fourth turbinated bone(medicine)
middle turbinated bone(medicine)
inferior turbinated bone(medicine)
supreme turbinated bone(medicine)
highest turbinated bone(medicine)
superior turbinated bone(medicine)
postpharyngeal(medicine)
postpharyngeal space(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
turbinated(medicine)

postpharyngeal space (medicine) and fourth turbinated bone (medicine)


postpharyngeal space (medicine)


postpharyngeal space -->
retropharyngeal space


That part of the peripharyngeal spatium located posterior to the pharynx. In the normal adult it measures 4 mm (at C3 level), but is considered abnormal when greater than 7 mm.

Can be icreased with a cervical spine fracture, retropharyngeal abscess.

Synonym: spatium retropharyngeum, postpharyngeal space.


fourth turbinated bone (medicine)


fourth turbinated bone -->
supreme nasal concha


A small concha frequently present on the posterosuperior part of the lateral nasal wall; it overlies the supreme nasal meatus.

Synonym: concha nasalis suprema, fourth turbinated bone, highest concha, highest turbinated bone, Santorini's concha, concha santorini, supraturbinal, supreme concha, supreme turbinated bone, turbinated body.