ethmoid sinus

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ethmoid sinus,

n one of the facial cavities, located beneath the nasal bridge, through which air flows.

ethmoid

1. sievelike; cribriform.

2. the ethmoid bone.

ethmoid bone

the sievelike bone that forms a roof for the nasal fossae and part of the floor of the rostral cranial fossa. See also Table 10.

ethmoid sinus

see concha.

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