uncinate process of ethmoid bone


un·ci·nate pro·cess of eth·moid bone

[TA] a sickle-shaped process of bone on the medial wall of the ethmoidal labyrinth below the middle concha; it articulates with the ethmoidal process of the inferior concha and partly closes the orifice of the maxillary sinus. Synonym(s): processus uncinatus ossis ethmoidalis [TA]