By and UPDATED December 16, 2015. The Federal Reserve decided to raise short-term interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis. Officials said the economy was strong enough to keep growing with a little less help from the central bank.
Clinical Relevance: Sinusitis. As the paranasal sinuses are continuous with the nasal cavity, an upper respiratory tract infection can spread to the sinuses. Infection of the sinuses causes inflammation (particularly pain and swelling) of the mucosa, and is known as sinusitis. If more than one sinus is affected, it is called pansinusitis.
Openings into the Nasal Cavity. One of the functions of the nose is to drain a variety of structures. Thus, there are many openings into the nasal cavity, by which drainage occurs. The paranasal sinuses drain into the nasal cavity. The frontal, maxillary and anterior ethmoidal sinuses open into the middle meatus.