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Definition of Cribriform

Cribriform
Cribriform Crib"ri*form (kr?b"r?f?rm), a. [L. cribrum sieve + -form: cf. F. cribriforme.] Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress. Cribriform cells (Bot.), those which have here and there oblique or transverse sieve plates, or places perforated with many holes.

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- In mammalian anatomy, the cribriform plate (Latin for lit. sieve-shaped), horizontal lamina or lamina cribrosa is part of the ethmoid bone. It is received...
- Look up cribriform in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cribriform (Latin for "perforated") can refer to: Cribriform plate Cribriform pattern of histopathological...
- The cribriform fascia (also known as the fascia cribrosa, or Hesselbach's fascia) is the portion of the superficial layer of the deep fascia of leg which...
- Invasive cribriform carcinoma of the breast (ICCB), also termed invasive cribriform carcinoma, is a rare type of breast cancer that accounts for 0.3% to...
- known as the cribriform foramina (cribr- is "a sieve" in Gr****), is the grouping of holes located on the cribriform plate. The cribriform plate forms the...
- throughout, with no spaces between, and no other particular pattern. Cribriform: Solid with multiple clear spaces. Whorled: Multiple concentric objects...
- not corrected itself by puberty to allow menstrual fluids to escape. Cribriform, or microperforate: sometimes confused for imperforate, the hymenal opening...
- olfactory nerve (cranial nerve I) which enters the brain through the cribriform plate. Bowman's glands are serous glands in the lamina propria, whose...
- through axons of CN I (olfactory nerve) through their extension through the cribriform plate. A suggested alternative or additional function of the granulation...
- septum. The ethmoid has three parts: cribriform plate, ethmoidal labyrinth, and perpendicular plate. The cribriform plate forms the roof of the nasal cavity...