The new technique uses X-rays of the frontal sinus, a large cavity behind the forehead which fills with mucus that drains into the nose, to determine the age of developing skulls.

My InsiderThe doctors came across the glands by happenstance. An advanced scan of prostate cancer patients illuminated a surprise in the nasal cavity: two flat, spindly structures that looked ...

The sinuses are a normal part of the human anatomy and are lined with cells from the respiratory tract. Both the nose and the sinuses produce mucus which ‘wash’ the nasal cavity to remove ...

The maxillary sinuses, those pouches on either side of the human nose, have a purpose after all: They act as cushions to allow noses to assume different shapes. A new study explains the ...

Among a collection of human tissues taken from the noses and throats of people, the upper back part of the nasal cavity, known as the olfactory epithelium, was packed with ACE2.