Medical Definition of Cribriform plate of ethmoid bone

1. A horizontal lamina from which are suspended the labyrinth, on either side, and the lamina perpendicularis in the centre; it fits into the ethmoidal notch of the frontal bone and supports the olfactory lobes of the cerebrum, being pierced with numerous openings for the passage of the olfactory nerves. Synonym: lamina cribrosa ossis ethmoidalis, cribrum, sieve bone, sieve plate. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cribriform Plate Of Ethmoid Bone

cribbles
cribbling
cribella
cribellum
crible
criblike
cribra
cribrate
cribration
cribrations
cribriform
cribriform area of the renal papilla
cribriform fascia
cribriform hymen
cribriform plate
cribriform plate of ethmoid bone (current term)
cribriform plates
cribrose
cribrous
cribrous lamina
cribrum
cribs
cribsheet
cribsheets
cribwork
cribworks
cricetid
cricetids
cricetulus
crichtonite

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