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  2. Ethmoid bone - Wikipedia

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    The ethmoid bone is an anterior cranial bone located between the eyes. [3] It contributes to the medial wall of the orbit, the nasal cavity, and the nasal septum. [ 3 ] The ethmoid has three parts: cribriform plate , ethmoidal labyrinth , and perpendicular plate .

  3. Ethmoidal notch - Wikipedia

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    The ethmoidal notch separates the two orbital plates; it is quadrilateral, and filled, in the articulated skull, by the cribriform plate of the ethmoid.. The margins of the notch present several half-cells which, when united with corresponding half-cells on the upper surface of the ethmoid, complete the ethmoidal sinuses.

  4. Base of skull - Wikipedia

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    It is composed of the endocranium and the lower parts of the calvaria. Structure ... There are five bones that make up the base of the skull: Ethmoid bone; Sphenoid bone;

  5. Cribriform plate - Wikipedia

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    In mammalian anatomy, the cribriform plate (Latin for 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 in the nasal cavities.

  6. Anterior cranial fossa - Wikipedia

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    The anterior cranial fossa is a depression in the floor of the cranial base which houses the projecting frontal lobes of the brain. It is formed by the orbital plates of the frontal, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid, and the small wings and front part of the body of the sphenoid; it is limited behind by the posterior borders of the small wings of the sphenoid and by the anterior margin of ...

  7. Orbital lamina of ethmoid bone - Wikipedia

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    The orbital lamina of ethmoid bone (or lamina papyracea or orbital lamina) is a smooth, oblong, [citation needed] paper-thin [1] bone plate [citation needed] which forms the lateral wall of the labyrinth of the ethmoid bone. [1] It covers the middle and posterior ethmoidal cells, and forms a large part of [citation needed] the medial wall of ...

  8. Crista galli - Wikipedia

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    The crista galli (Latin: "crest of the rooster") is a wedge-shaped, vertical, midline upward continuation of the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone of the skull, [1] projecting above the cribriform plate [2] into the cranial cavity. It serves as an attachment for the membranes surrounding the brain.

  9. List of human anatomical regions - Wikipedia

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    The trunk of the body contains, from superior to inferior, the thoracic region encompassing the chest [1] the mammary region encompassing each breast; the sternal region encompassing the sternum; the abdominal region encompassing the stomach area; the umbilical region is located around the navel; the coxal region encompassing the lateral (side ...