A bone in the skull that separates the nasal cavity from the brain. As such, it is located at the roof of the nose, between the two orbits. The cubical bone is lightweight due to a spongy construction. The ethmoid bone is one of the bones that makes up the orbit of the eye[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethmoid_bone ]
Synonyms: ethmoidal bone os ethmoidale ethmoid
Term information
- EMAPA:19018
- MESH:D005004
- FMA:52740
- Wikipedia:Ethmoid_bone
- NCIT:C12711
- SCTID:272674006
- VHOG:0001317
- BTO:0004140
- GAID:212
- MA:0001483
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- neurocranium bone
- endochondral bone
- facial bone
- part of some basicranium
- contributes to morphology of some facial skeleton
- develops from some ethmoid bone primordium
- part of some ethmoid region