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  2. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. Olfactory bulb - Wikipedia

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    The olfactory bulb is supported and protected by the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone, which in mammals separates it from the olfactory epithelium, and which is perforated by olfactory nerve axons. The bulb is divided into two distinct structures: the main olfactory bulb and the accessory olfactory bulb.

  6. Base of skull - Wikipedia

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    Base of skull - crista galli, cribriform plate and foramen cecum. Base of skull - sella turcica. The anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossa in different colors

  7. List of foramina of the human body - Wikipedia

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    foramina of cribriform plate ~20-olfactory nerve bundles (I) ethmoid: anterior cranial fossa: anterior ethmoidal foramen: 2: anterior ethmoidal artery anterior ...

  8. Lamina cribrosa - Wikipedia

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    Cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone (horizontal lamina or lamina cribrosa ossis ethmoidalis) Lamina cribrosa sclerae , a mesh-like structures which allows nerve fibres of the optic nerve to pass through the sclera

  9. Cribriform - Wikipedia

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    Cribriform (Latin for "perforated") can refer to: Cribriform plate; Cribriform pattern of histopathological architecture; Fascia cribrosa This page was last edited on ...