loading...| Preferred Name |
ethmoid bone |
| Synonyms |
os ethmoidale ethmoid ethmoidal bone |
| Definitions |
A bone in the skull that separates the nasal cavity from the brain. As such, it is located at the roof of the nose, between the two orbits. The cubical bone is lightweight due to a spongy construction. The ethmoid bone is one of the bones that makes up the orbit of the eye[WP]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001679 |
| contributes to morphology of | |
| database_cross_reference |
GAID:212 MESH:D005004 VHOG:0001317 NCIT:C12711 Wikipedia:Ethmoid_bone MA:0001483 BTO:0004140 EMAPA:19018 UMLS:C0015027 SCTID:272674006 FMA:52740 |
| definition |
A bone in the skull that separates the nasal cavity from the brain. As such, it is located at the roof of the nose, between the two orbits. The cubical bone is lightweight due to a spongy construction. The ethmoid bone is one of the bones that makes up the orbit of the eye[WP]. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Illu_cranial_bones2.jpg |
| develops_from | |
| has_exact_synonym |
os ethmoidale ethmoid ethmoidal bone |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0001679 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
ethmoid bone |
| notation |
UBERON:0001679 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
ethmoid bone |
| present_in_taxon | |
| treeView |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0011241 |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
A light spongy bone located between the eye sockets, forming part of the walls and septum of the superior nasal cavity, and containing perforations for the passage of olfactory nerve fibers. [TFD][VHOG] |
| UBPROP_0000003 |
The ethmoid region of the chondrocranium and the nasal capsules, which were largely unossified in early tetrapods and ancestral amniotes, are represented in mammals by the ethmoid and turbinates bones, respectively.[well established][VHOG] |
| UBPROP_0000007 |
ethmoidal |
| UBPROP_0000008 |
todo - homology e.g. mesethmoid of teleost |
| UBPROP_0000012 |
Note the WP states the Neurocranium contains the ethmoid bone, both MA and FMA place the ethmoid as part of the viscerocranium. FMA also has it in neurocranium (via basicranium). Ideally we would have non-overlapping divisions of the skull, but for now we follow FMA |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003462 |