ethmoid

American  

[eth-moid] / ˈɛθ mɔɪd /

adjective

1. Also ethmoidal of or relating to a bone at the base of the cranium and the root of the nose, containing numerous perforations for the filaments of the olfactory nerve.

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noun

1. the ethmoid bone.

ethmoid British  

/ ˈɛθmɔɪd /

adjective

1. denoting or relating to a bone of the skull that forms part of the eye socket and the nasal cavity

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noun

1. the ethmoid bone

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• postethmoid
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of ethmoid

1735–45; < Greek ēthmoeidḗs sievelike; see -oid

Example Sentences

The lateral portions of the ethmoid bone are located between the orbit and upper nasal cavity, and thus form the lateral nasal cavity wall and a portion of the medial orbit wall.

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It is divided at the midline by the crista galli and cribriform plates of the ethmoid bone.

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The ethmoid bone also contains the ethmoid air cells.

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The upper portion of the nasal septum is formed by the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone and the lower portion is the vomer bone.

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The first nerve is the olfactory lobe, which sends numerous filaments through the ethmoid bone to the olfactory organ.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)