Ethmoid Bone

Synonyms

Bone, Ethmoid

Bones, Ethmoid

Cribriform Plate

Cribriform Plates

Ethmoid Bones

Horizontal Plate of Ethmoid Bone

Plate, Cribriform

Plates, Cribriform

A light and spongy (pneumatized) bone that lies between the orbital part of FRONTAL BONE and the anterior of SPHENOID BONE. Ethmoid bone separates the ORBIT from the ETHMOID SINUS. It consists of a horizontal plate, a perpendicular plate, and two lateral labyrinths.