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Ethmos (Greek) - A Sieve
2 terms share this root
Ethmoid boneSkull "bone" located between the orbits that acts as a "sieve" to separate the sal cavity and brain
- Ethmos (Greek) - A Sieve
- Ban (Old English) - Bone, tusk
Forms sal conchaContains ethmoid sinusesSinus infection may cross into CNS Ethmoidal nervesThe nerve that innervates the cells of the "sieve" like bone of the skull.
- Ethmos (Greek) - A Sieve
- Eidos (Greek) - Form, Resemblance or Shape, Likeness
- Nervus (Latin) - Sinew, tendon; cord, bowstring
Branch from CN V1 that supplies sensation to ethmoidal cells and sal septum.
MEDYMOLOGY
Medicine From the Roots