Ethmoid Health Dictionary

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A bone in the base of the SKULL which separates the cavity of the nose from the membranes of the brain. It is a spongy bone with numerous cavities or sinuses.

Suppuration in the ethmoidal sinuses is sometimes responsible for in?ammation in neighbouring parts such as the eye.

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Ethmoid Bone

a bone in the floor of the cranium that contributes to the nasal cavity and orbits. The part of the ethmoid forming the roof of the nasal cavity – the cribriform plate – is pierced with many small holes through which the olfactory nerves pass. See also nasal concha; skull.... ethmoid bone



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