Ethmoidal notch

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ethmoidal notch
Frontal bone. Inner surface. (Ethmoidal notch visible at center.)
Latin incisura ethmoidalis ossis frontalis
Gray's p.137

The ethmoidal notch separates the two orbital plates; it is quadrilateral, and filled, in the articulated skull, by the cribriform plate of the ethmoid.

The margins of the notch present several half-cells which, when united with corresponding half-cells on the upper surface of the ethmoid, complete the ethmoidal air cells.

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.