Definition of Ethmoid bone. Meaning of Ethmoid bone. Synonyms of Ethmoid bone

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Definition of Ethmoid bone

Ethmoid bone
Ethmoid Eth"moid, Ethmoidal Eth*moid"al, a. [Gr. ? like a sieve; ? sieve + ? from: cf. F. ethmo["i]de, ethmo["i]dal.] (Anat.) (a) Like a sieve; cribriform. (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone. Ethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.

Meaning of Ethmoid bone from wikipedia

- The ethmoid bone (/ˈɛθmɔɪd/; from Ancient Gr****: ἡθμός, romanized: hēthmós, lit. 'sieve') is an unpaired bone in the skull that separates the nasal cavity...
- The ethmoid sinuses or ethmoid air cells of the ethmoid bone are one of the four paired paranasal sinuses. Unlike the other three pairs of paranasal sinuses...
- The orbital lamina of ethmoid bone (or lamina papyracea or orbital lamina) is a smooth, oblong,[citation needed] paper-thin bone plate[citation needed]...
- In the ethmoid bone, a sickle shaped projection, the uncinate process, projects posteroinferiorly from the ethmoid labyrinth. Between the posterior edge...
- lamina or lamina cribrosa is part of the ethmoid bone. It is received into the ethmoidal notch of the frontal bone and roofs in the nasal cavities. It supports...
- The perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone (vertical plate) is a thin, flattened lamina, polygonal in form, which descends from the under surface of the...
- neurocranium to the facial skeleton. Articulates with ethmoid bone anteriorly and basilar part of occipital bone posteriorly. It shows: Jugum sphenoidale Sulcus...
- facial bones of the skull. It is located in the midsagittal line, and articulates with the sphenoid, the ethmoid, the left and right palatine bones, and...
- ethmoidal labyrinth or lateral m**** of the ethmoid bone consists of a number of thin-walled cellular cavities, the ethmoid air cells, arranged in three groups...
- bones (8) Occipital bone Parietal bones (2) Frontal bone Temporal bones (2) Sphenoid bone (sometimes counted as facial) Ethmoid bone (sometimes counted...