olfactory foramen
(redirected from cribriform foramina)Also found in: Medical.
olfactory foramen
[äl′fak·trē fə′rā·mən] (anatomy)
Any of the openings in the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone through which pass the fila olfactoria of the olfactory nerves.
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