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ETHMOID CELLS
ETHMOIDAL NOTCH
ETHMOIDAL AIR CELLS
LAMINA PAPYRACEA
CRANIAL BONES
CONCHAE
POSTERIOR ETHMOID CELLS
FRONTAL PROCESS
ETHMOID BULLA
ETHMOID SINUSES
ETHMOID BONES
ETHMOID BONE
PORTIONS
OPENINGS
ROOF
SIDES
FIGURE
STRUCTURES
LOWER
VERTEBRAE
ARROWS
ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA
MIDDLE
FRONT
CONTACT
EYES
PART
SUPERIOR
INFERIOR NASAL CONCHAE
ARTICULATION
ORBIT
BRAIN
MEDIALLY
TEMPORAL BONE
NASAL
SINUS
BONE
MAXILLARY
PERPENDICULAR PLATE
MAXILLARY SINUSES
LESSER WING
CRIBRIFORM PLATE
SKULL BASE
MEDIAL
MEDIAL WALL
ETHMOID SINUS
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  1. The ethmoid is ossified in the cartilage of the nasal capsule by three centers: one for the perpendicular plate, and one for each labyrinth. (Web site)
  2. The ethmoid is the principal supporting structure of the nasal cavity. (Web site) Move Up
  3. The ethmoid is really a region, rather than a bone. Move Up

Ethmoid Cells Submit/More Info Add phrase and link

  1. Ethmoidectomy involves clearing the ethmoid cells, which may be done endoscopically.

Ethmoidal Notch Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The ethmoidal notch separates the two orbital plates; it is quadrilateral, and filled, in the articulated skull, by the cribriform plate of the ethmoid.

Ethmoidal Air Cells Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. This area over the ethmoidal air cells (ethmoid bone shown in green #3) and green in the figure below is prone to infection and blow out fractures. (Web site)

Lamina Papyracea Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The ethmoid bone has another lamina which is the orbital lamina (or lamina papyracea: thin like paper). (Web site)

Cranial Bones Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The cranial bones include the frontal bone, two parietal bones, two temporal bones, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, and ethmoid bone.

Conchae Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Tiny bones of the middle ear, the conchae and vomer in the nose, and the ethmoid of the orbital vault are not easily seen. (Web site)
  2. The meatus nasi superior and meatus nasi media are between the conchae and the ethmoid bone. Move Up

Posterior Ethmoid Cells Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The basal lamella of the middle turbinate separates the anterior ethmoid cells from the posterior ethmoid cells.
  2. Remove the posterior ethmoid cells to create a common cavity between the sphenoid sinus and the posterior ethmoid. Move Up
  3. Exenteration of the posterior ethmoid cells leads to the face of the sphenoid. Move Up

Frontal Process Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The nasal bone is supported by the ethmoid bone and is joined to the frontal process of the maxillary bone and to the frontal bone just below the glabella.

Ethmoid Bulla Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Remove the uncinate, and identify and open the ethmoid bulla.

Ethmoid Sinuses Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Ethmoidal polyps are bilateral, multiple and may arise from ethmoid sinuses. (Web site)
  2. Frontal sinusitis occurs from the inflammation of either frontal or ethmoid sinuses. (Web site) Move Up
  3. There are 4 pairs of paranasal sinuses, including the ethmoid sinuses. Move Up

Ethmoid Bones Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Faulty closure of the anterior neuropore results in a defect in the anterior fontanelle, foramen caecum, cribriform plate, sphenoid and ethmoid bones. (Web site)

Ethmoid Bone Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. A lacrimal bone is a thin, scalelike structure located in the middle wall of each eye socket between the ethmoid bone and the maxilla.
  2. There the Spehnoid bone, the Ethmoid bone, the Lacrimal bone and theres even a tinye part of the Palatine bone. (Web site) Move Up
  3. The crista galli, a midline process of the ethmoid bone, gives attachment to the anterior end of the falx cerebri. Move Up

Portions Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Portions of the ethmoid bone also form sections of the cranial floor, eye sockets, and nasal cavity walls.

Openings Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Find the following openings: cribriform plate of ethmoid, optic canal, superior orbital fissure; foramen rotundum, f.
  2. Nerve fibers lead upward through openings in the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone and connect with the cells of the olfactory bulb. (Web site) Move Up

Roof Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Type II uncinate: Here the uncinate process extends superiorly to the roof of the ethmoid. (Web site)

Sides Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The nasal cavity is enclosed by the nasal bone above and by the maxilla and ethmoid bone on the sides. (Web site)

Figure Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Figure 2: Perpendicular plate of ethmoid. (Web site)
  2. Figure 5: Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. Move Up
  3. Figure 1: Ethmoid bone from above. (Web site) Move Up

Structures Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Identify structures on the ethmoid bone.

Lower Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The middle nasal concha is the lower of two thin bony processes of the ethmoid bone on the lateral wall of each nasal fossa. (Web site)

Vertebrae Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. They include the vertebrae and some of the skull bones, such as the sphenoid and ethmoid.

Arrows Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Axial T1-weighted magnetic resonance image with gadolinium of a fibrous dysplasia lesion involving the ethmoid and sphenoid bones (arrows).
  2. The maxillary sinus (red-pink) and the ethmoid sinuses would not be visible in the midline plane that shows the drainage from the sinuses (arrows). (Web site) Move Up
  3. Coronal computed tomographic scan of a 5-cm fibrous dysplasia lesion involving the maxilla and ethmoid bones (arrows). Move Up

Anterior Cranial Fossa Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The ethmoid bone forms the central part of the floor, which is the deepest area of the anterior cranial fossa.

Middle Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Olfactory nerve tracts pass through the cribriform plate, a sieve-like structure in the middle of the ethmoid bone. (Web site)

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  1. V. Structures in the Cranial Fossae A. Foramen cecum • Is a small pit in front of the crista galli between the ethmoid and frontal bones.
  2. This crest articulates in front with the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid. (Web site) Move Up

Contact Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The olfactory nerves (I) enter through the cribiform plate of the ethmoid bone as 20 to 30 fila (threadlike structures) to contact the olfactory bulb. (Web site)

Eyes Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The ethmoid sinuses are beside the upper nose, between the eyes.
  2. The cribiform plate is a bone deep in the skull, between the eyes, and above the ethmoid sinuses. Move Up
  3. The ethmoid sinuses are actually a collection of sinuses, like a honeycomb, which lie between the eyes. Move Up

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  1. The bone found in superior nasal concha is part of the ethmoid bone. (Web site)

Superior Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The vomer forms the inferior portion of the nasal septum and articulates with the perpendicular plates of the ethmoid bone which is superior to it.

Inferior Nasal Conchae Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Please note that the (2) Inferior Nasal Conchae are distinct bones and not a part of the ethmoid bone.
  2. The inferior nasal conchae are separate facial bones and not part of the ethmoid. Move Up

Articulation Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The crest ends below in a small notch which is converted into a foramen, the foramen cecum, by articulation with the ethmoid. (Web site)

Orbit Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone tends to be short and retracted, forming a small deep valley between the arches of the orbit. (Web site)

Brain Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Ethmoid sinuses, for example, are located on both sides of the ethmoid bone, the bone that separates the brain from the nasal cavity. (Web site)

Medially Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Medially, the orbital wall consists of the frontal process of the maxilla, the lacrimal bone, the sphenoid, and the thin lamina papyracea of the ethmoid.
  2. Medially, the orbital surface articulates with the ethmoid bone and lacrimal bone. Move Up

Temporal Bone Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Pneumatic bones: Maxillary,sphenoid, ethmoid, mastoid part of temporal bone.
  2. A. temporal bone B. mandible C. sphenoid bone D. ethmoid bone E. occipital bone. Move Up
  3. The former involve the occipital bone, temporal bone, and portions of the sphenoid bone; the latter, superior portions of the sphenoid and ethmoid bones. Move Up

Nasal Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The Ethmoid bone is a very light bone that helps to form the nasal and other cavities.

Sinus Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Endoscopic view of ossification of the middle turbinate and ethmoid sinus.
  2. Acute ethmoid sinusitis denotes inflammation of the mucosal lining of the sinus. Move Up
  3. The ethmoid sinuses are the only multi-compartmentalized or honeycomb type of sinus. (Web site) Move Up

Bone Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The Ethmoid bone attaches to the front (distant) part of the Sphenoid. (Web site)
  2. The top and front of the septum is made of the vertical plate of the ethmoid bone, while the bottom and back of the septum is formed by the vomer. Move Up
  3. The ethmoid bone is one of the bones that makes up the orbit of the eye. (Web site) Move Up

Maxillary Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Sinusitis occurs when one or more of the four paired sinus cavities (i.e., maxillary, ethmoid, frontal, sphenoid) becomes obstructed. (Web site)
  2. Although small, the maxillary (behind the cheek) and ethmoid (between the eyes) sinuses are present at birth. Move Up
  3. Sinus development begins in the womb, but only the maxillary and ethmoid sinuses are present at birth. (Web site) Move Up

Perpendicular Plate Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Perpendicular plate: the ventral continuation of crista galli of the ethmoid.
  2. The vomer supports the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone, which forms the upper portion of this septum. (Web site) Move Up
  3. Delicate scroll-shaped plates called "superior" and "middle nasal conchae" project inward from the sides of the ethmoid bone toward the perpendicular plate. Move Up

Maxillary Sinuses Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The sinuses most commonly involved, in decreasing order of frequency are the frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, and maxillary sinuses.

Lesser Wing Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. In each orbit there is an os Wormien orbitaire occupying the angle of junction of the frontal, os planum of the ethmoid and lesser wing of the sphenoid. (Web site)

Cribriform Plate Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Coronal CT scan demonstrates the ossified crista galli (cg), the cribriform plate (cp), and the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone (pe). (Web site)
  2. The cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone (horizontal lamina) is received into the ethmoidal notch of the frontal bone and roofs in the nasal cavities. (Web site) Move Up
  3. Cribriform plate of ethmoid bone - central part of the nasal cavity roof which forms part of the floor of the cranial cavity which contains the brain. (Web site) Move Up

Skull Base Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Superiorly, the ethmoid bulla may extend all the way to the ethmoid roof (the skull base).
  2. Sphenoid bone and ethmoid bone both are substantial parts of the skull base. Move Up

Medial Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The ethmoid sinuses can be found inferior to the anterior cranial fossa and medial to the orbits.
  2. The sphenoid sinus is located medial and inferior to the posterior ethmoid air cells. Move Up

Medial Wall Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The medial wall is formed by the frontal process of maxilla, lacrimal bone, orbital plate of ethmoid and a small part of the body of the sphenoid. (Web site)
  2. The lacrimal bone forms the medial wall superiorly, and the inferior concha of the ethmoid bone forms the medial wall of the canal inferiorly. (Web site) Move Up

Ethmoid Sinus Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The ethmoid sinus and the sphenoid sinus are some of the most functional sinuses and are located between the eyes and under the nose.
  2. From the anterior part of the hiatus, if we go in front and upward, it will lead to the frontal sinus (through the ethmoid sinus - bone). Move Up
  3. Cancer may also be found anywhere in or near the nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus. Move Up

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