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Abstract
A light and spongy (pneumatized) bone that lies between the orbital part of FRONTAL BONE and the anterior of SPHENOID BONE. Ethmoid bone separates the ORBIT from the ETHMOID SINUS. It consists of a horizontal plate, a perpendicular plate, and two lateral labyrinths.
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- Bone, Ethmoid
- Bones, Ethmoid
- Ethmoid Bones
- Cribriform Plate
- Horizontal Plate of Ethmoid Bone
- Cribriform Plates
- Plate, Cribriform
- Plates, Cribriform
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
fractures: coordinate ETHMOID BONE /inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with SKULL NEOPLASMS (IM)
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History Note
CRIBRIFORM PLATE was see under ETHMOID BONE 1963-78
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WE 705
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ethmoid Bone. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005004. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005004
- Ethmoid Bone. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethmoid_bone
- Ethmoid Bone. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16331