Medical Dictionary
cribriform plate
noun
Medical Definition of CRIBRIFORM PLATE
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: the horizontal plate of the ethmoid bone perforated with numerous foramina for the passage of the olfactory nerve filaments from the nasal cavity—called also lamina cribrosa
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