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Lint: maxillary-sinus

Headings Spacing
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"Components "

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List Punctuation
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"maxillary antral infundibulum: a narrow, pyramidal space that facilitates drainage of the maxillary sinus, anterior ethmoid, and frontal sinuses, located between the eyes on either side of the nasal septum."

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Adjectival Hyphens
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"middle superior alveolar nerves: supply the pre-molar teeth and overlying mucosa of the sinus"

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Headings Valid
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Expected headings

  • H1 Summary
  • H1 Gross anatomy
  • H2 Articulations
  • H2 Attachments
  • H3 Musculotendinous
  • H3 Ligamentous
  • H2 Relations / Boundaries
  • H1 Arterial supply
  • H1 Venous drainage
  • H1 Lymphatic drainage
  • H1 Innervation
  • H1 Histology
  • H1 Variant anatomy
  • H1 Radiographic features
  • H2 Plain radiograph
  • H2 Ultrasound
  • H2 CT
  • H2 MRI
  • H2 Nuclear medicine
  • H1 Development
  • H1 Clinical importance
  • H1 Related pathology
  • H1 History and etymology
  • H1 See also

"Components "

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Oxford Comma
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"blood supply: small arteries from the facial, maxillary, infraorbital and greater palatine arteries"

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"innervation: anterior, middle and posterior superior alveolar, greater palatine and infraorbital nerves"

Line 6:41 · Use the Oxford comma in 'anterior, middle and posterior'.

"Small arteries from the facial, maxillary, infraorbital and greater palatine arteries pierce the bony walls of the maxillary sinus."

Line 22:36 · Use the Oxford comma in 'maxillary, infraorbital and greater'.
There Is
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"There are several recesses of the maxillary sinus 5:"

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