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ethmoid::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ethmoid bone |
| Type of | bone, os |
Examples of ethmoid
ethmoid
Located in olfactory foramina in the cribriform plate of ethmoid.
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There are several paired paranasal sinuses, including the frontal, ethmoid, maxillary and sphenoid sinuses.
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The ethmoid sinuses is further subdivided into anterior and posterior ethmoid sinuses, the division of which is defined as the basal lamella of the middle turbinate.
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His description of the lacrimal ducts in the eye was a marked advance on those of his predecessors and he also gave a detailed account of the ethmoid bone and its cells in the nose.
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- One of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity
- (Ethmoidal) The ethmoid sinus, one of the paranasal sinuses, is the collective name for the ethmoidal air cells.
- Adjective, Greek ethmos = sieve, and eidos = shape or form, hence, like a sieve; an unpaired skull bone.
- A median bone formed in the nasal septum between the two nasal capsules (more information). In the Anguilliformes, the premaxilla is ankylosed to the ethmoid, lateral ethmoid and vomer.
- Sieve-like; cribiform
