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Crista galli

Cribriform plate

Olfactory foramina

Greater wing

Lambdoidal suture

Frontal bone

Sphenoid bone

Sella turcica

Squamosal suture

Temporal bone

Parietal bone

Foramen magnum

Occipital bone

Ethmoid bone

A

C

B

Crista galli

Sella turcica

Figure 6–8. (A) Skull. Superior view with the top of cranium removed. (B) Sphenoid

bone in superior view. (C) Ethmoid bone in superior view. (B and C photographs by Dan

Kaufman.)

QUESTION:What are the olfactory foramina of the ethmoid bone for?