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cribriform

[′krib·rə‚fȯrm]
(biology)
Perforated, like a sieve.
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The most important pathway for absorption of CSF is via lymphatics in the olfactory tract, cribiform plate and cervical lymphatic vessels(1).
Head lymphatics: a fresh approach to a challenging area
(28) The portal of entry for humans appears to be the nasal mucosa with subsequent invasion of the olfactory nerve plexus and rapid travel ( (24) hours) of the amoebae up the olfactory nerves, through the cribiform plate and into olfactory bulb and spread to other areas of the CNS.
The role of free-living pathogenic amoeba in the transmission of leprosy: a proof of principle
Those thin, spaghettilike nerves run from the nose through an opening in a skull segment called the cribiform plate.
Restoring scents: faulty sniffers may get help
The diagnosis was a misplaced nasogastric tube forced through the cribiform plate.
Unusual placement of a nasogastric tube
The most common features identified in the series were poor differentiation (n = 12), pushing infiltrative margin (n = 11), Crohn-like reaction (n = 10), and cribiform architecture (n = 8).
Microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer: considerations for molecular diagnosis and high-throughput screening of archival tissues
The ductal papillar carcinoma with infiltration and the cribiform carcinoma with areas of adenoid cystic pattern.
Induccion de cancer de mama en ratas: quimioprevencion e inmunomodulacion
Postradiation examination revealed a 6-mm mass at the posterior aspect of the cribiform plate.
Primary mucosal desmoplastic melanoma of the nasal vestibule: the second case
Drainage also occurs through the arachnoid villi in the sub-arachnoid space, flowing via blood and lymph into the lymphatics of the cranial nerves, the spinal nerves, inner ear and the cribiform plate of the ethmoid bone (forms the roof of the nasal cavity) (1).
Anatomy of the deep lymphatic system--key to lymphatic drainage
Remarkably, there were mild, widely scattered infiltrations of neutrophils in the remaining olfactory nerve bundles penetrating the bony cribiform plate that separates the nasal cavity and OB of the brain (Figure 8D).
Satratoxin G from the black mold Stachybotrys chartarum evokes olfactory sensory neuron loss and inflammation in the murine nose and brain
5.) In malignant cells there usually is only one layer of cuboidal cells, and a characteristic cribiform pattern may develop.
Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer
Our experience with this case suggests a mechanism of injury to the cribiform plate during septoplasty that has not been described previously.
Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea complicating septoplasty: a novel mechanism of injury
Histologic diagnosis of the mammary tumors revealed that they were adenocarcinomas, grossly nodular and encapsulated, with areas of cribiform or papillary patterns (Figure 7C, D).
A Rat Mammary Tumor Model Induced by the Organophosphorous Pesticides Parathion and Malathion, Possibly through Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition

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