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Descriptor English: Ethmoid Bone
Descriptor Spanish: Hueso Etmoides
Descriptor hueso etmoides
Entry term(s) etmoides
lámina cribiforme
Scope note: Hueso muy ligero y esponjoso (neumatizado) que se encuentra entre la parte orbitaria del HUESO FRONTAL y la parte anterior del HUESO ESFENOIDES. El hueso separa la ÓRBITA de los SENOS ETMOIDALES. Está constituido por una placa horizontal, una placa perpendicular y dos laberintos laterales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Osso Etmoide
Descriptor French: Os ethmoïde
Entry term(s): Bone, Ethmoid
Bones, Ethmoid
Cribriform Plate
Cribriform Plates
Ethmoid Bones
Horizontal Plate of Ethmoid Bone
Plate, Cribriform
Plates, Cribriform
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.292
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005004
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: fractures: coordinate ETHMOID BONE /inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with SKULL NEOPLASMS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Online Note: use ETHMOID BONE to search CRIBRIFORM PLATE 1966-78
History Note: CRIBRIFORM PLATE was see under ETHMOID BONE 1963-78
DeCS ID: 5096
Unique ID: D005004
NLM Classification: WE 705
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Ethmoid Bone - Preferred
Concept UI M0007874
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Ethmoid Bone
Entry term(s) Bone, Ethmoid
Bones, Ethmoid
Ethmoid Bones
Horizontal Plate of Ethmoid Bone - Narrower
Concept UI M0007873
Preferred term Horizontal Plate of Ethmoid Bone
Entry term(s) Cribriform Plate
Cribriform Plates
Plate, Cribriform
Plates, Cribriform



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