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  2. Ethmoid bone - Wikipedia

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    The ethmoid has three parts: cribriform plate, ethmoidal labyrinth, and perpendicular plate. The cribriform plate forms the roof of the nasal cavity and also contributes to formation of the anterior cranial fossa, [4] the ethmoidal labyrinth consists of a large mass on either side of the perpendicular plate, and the perpendicular plate forms ...

  3. Cribriform plate - Wikipedia

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    The cribriform plate is part of the ethmoid bone, which has a low density, and is spongy. [2] It is narrow, with deep grooves supporting the olfactory bulb.. Its anterior border, short and thick, articulates with the frontal bone.

  4. Ethmoidal spine - Wikipedia

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    The superior surface of the body of the sphenoid bone (Fig. 145) presents in front a prominent spine, the ethmoidal spine, for articulation with the cribriform plate of the ethmoid; behind this is a smooth surface slightly raised in the middle line, and grooved on either side for the olfactory lobes of the brain.

  5. Olfactory foramina - Wikipedia

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    The olfactory foramina, also known as the cribriform foramina (cribr- is "a sieve" in Greek), is the grouping of holes located on the cribriform plate.The cribriform plate forms the roof of the nasal cavity, and the olfactory foramina are in the two depressions lateral to the median blade of the cribriform plate called the crista galli.

  6. Body of sphenoid bone - Wikipedia

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    The superior surface of the body [Fig. 1] presents in front a prominent spine, the ethmoidal spine, for articulation with the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; behind this is a smooth surface slightly raised in the middle line, and grooved on either side for the olfactory lobes of the brain.

  7. Anterior cranial fossa - Wikipedia

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    The anterior cranial fossa is a depression in the floor of the cranial base which houses the projecting frontal lobes of the brain. It is formed by the orbital plates of the frontal, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid, and the small wings and front part of the body of the sphenoid; it is limited behind by the posterior borders of the small wings of the sphenoid and by the anterior margin of ...

  8. Sphenoid bone - Wikipedia

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    The sphenoid bone [note 1] is an unpaired bone of the neurocranium. It is situated in the middle of the skull towards the front, in front of the basilar part of the occipital bone. The sphenoid bone is one of the seven bones that articulate to form the orbit. Its shape somewhat resembles that of a butterfly, bat or wasp with its wings extended.

  9. Base of skull - Wikipedia

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    There are five bones that make up the base of the skull: Ethmoid bone; Sphenoid bone; Occipital bone; ... Cribriform plate; Posterior cranial fossa;