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cribriform plate

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Main Entry: cribriform plate
Function: noun
1 : the horizontal plate of the ethmoid bone perforated with numerous foramina for the passage of the olfactory nervefilaments from the nasal cavity called also lamina cribrosa
2 : LAMINA DURA
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