All of the following are air-filled bony cavities with openings into the nasal cavity (paranasal sinuses) EXCEPT the

A. sphenoid sinus.
B. ethmoidal air cells.
C. mastoid air cells.
D. maxillary sinus.
E. frontal sinus.


Answer: C. mastoid air cells.

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