Mucus Production in the Nasal Sinuses

Abstract

The density of goblet cells and glands was determined in the maxillary, ethmoidal, frontal, and sphenoidal sinuses. Goblet cells showed the highest density in the maxillary sinuses. 9700 per mm², while in the other sinuses their density was approximately the same, from 5900 to 6500 cells per mm². The density of glands was highest in the ethmoids, 0.5 gland/mm², then in the maxillary sinuses, viz. 0.2 gland/mm², while in the frontal and sphenoidal sinuses it was very low, 0.08 and 0.06 gland/mm² respectively.