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cribriform plate

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cribriform plate [′krib·rə‚fȯrm ¦plāt]
(anatomy)
The horizontal plate of the ethmoid bone, part of the floor of the anterior cranial fossa.
The bone lining a dental alveolus.
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3-6) Extension of these tumors may lead into the anterior cranial fossa through the cribriform plate.
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The ameba enters the nasal passages, penetrates the nasopharyngeal mucosa, and migrates to the olfactory nerves, eventually invading the brain through the cribriform plate (1).
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