Definition of ethmoid. Meaning of ethmoid. Synonyms of ethmoid

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Definition of ethmoid

Ethmoid
Ethmoid Eth"moid, Ethmoidal Eth*moid"al, a. [Gr. ? like a sieve; ? sieve + ? from: cf. F. ethmo["i]de, ethmo["i]dal.] (Anat.) (a) Like a sieve; cribriform. (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone. Ethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.
Ethmoid
Ethmoid Eth"moid . (Anat.) The ethmoid bone.

Meaning of ethmoid from wikipedia

- The ethmoid bone (/ˈɛθmɔɪd/; from Ancient Gr****: ἡθμός, romanized: hēthmós, lit. 'sieve') is an unpaired bone in the skull that separates the nasal cavity...
- The ethmoid sinuses or ethmoid air cells of the ethmoid bone are one of the four paired paranasal sinuses. Unlike the other three pairs of paranasal sinuses...
- The orbital lamina of ethmoid bone (or lamina papyracea or orbital lamina) is a smooth, oblong,[citation needed] paper-thin bone plate[citation needed]...
- In the ethmoid bone, a sickle shaped projection, the uncinate process, projects posteroinferiorly from the ethmoid labyrinth. Between the posterior edge...
- The ethmoid bulla (or ethmoidal bulla) is a rounded elevation upon the lateral wall of the middle nasal meatus: 377  (nasal cavity inferior to the middle...
- alongside the anterior ethmoidal nerve. It contributes blood supply to the ethmoid sinuses, frontal sinuses, the dura mater, lateral nasal wall, and nasal...
- lit. sieve-shaped), horizontal lamina or lamina cribrosa is part of the ethmoid bone. It is received into the ethmoidal notch of the frontal bone and roofs...
- Ethmoid hematoma is a progressive and locally destructive disease of horses. It is indicated by a m**** in the paranasal sinuses that resembles a tumor...
- sac. The ethmoid sinuses appear in the fetal fifth month as in****tions of the middle meatus. The ethmoid sinuses do not grow into the ethmoid bone and...
- The perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone (vertical plate) is a thin, flattened lamina, polygonal in form, which descends from the under surface of...