ethmoid bone

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ethmoid bone

Bone at the root of the nose between the eye sockets, forming part of the skull. The two cribriform plates of the bone form part of the roof of the nose, and have many small perforations through which pass fibres of the cranial nerve concerned with the sense of smell.

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4) Pneumatization of the middle turbinate occurs as a part of the normal pneumatization process in the ethmoid bone.

Bilateral massive conchae bullosa mimicking intranasal tumors by Ozkul, Haluk / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

13,14) The infection spreads rapidly to adjacent sinuses and the orbit and continues into the cranium via the ethmoid bone or orbital vessels.

Rhinoorbital mucormycosis secondary to Rhizopus oryzae: a case report ... by Mirghani, Abdulla H. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Since 1953, GCRG has been reported in many other sites, including the axial skeleton and long bones, (2) the hands and feet, (3) the facial bones, (4) the cranial vault, (5) the sphenoid and ethmoid bones, (6-8) the orbit, (9) and the nose.

Giant-cell reparative granuloma of the temporal bone: a case report ... by Schipper, Jorg / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

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