ETHMOID BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethmoid bone mean? 

• ETHMOID BONE (noun)
  The noun ETHMOID BONE has 1 sense:

1. one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity

  Familiarity information: ETHMOID BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHMOID BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ethmoid; ethmoid bone

Hypernyms ("ethmoid bone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("ethmoid bone" is a part of...):

braincase; brainpan; cranium (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)

 Context examples 

Surgical removal of part of the ethmoid bone, using an intra-nasl approach.

(Intranasal Ethmoidectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethmoid sinuses are found in the spongy ethmoid bone in the upper part of the nose between the eyes.

(Ethmoid sinus, NCI Dictionary)

Ovoid body resting on the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone where the olfactory nerve terminates.

(Olfactory bulb, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Numerous small thin-walled spaces or air cells in the ethmoid bone, where they form an ethmoidal labyrinth.

(Ethmoid sinus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)