Uberon 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];
Uberon synonym : ethmoidal bone; ethmoid;
Uberon Homology note : 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];
Uberon Taxon note : todo - homology e.g. mesethmoid of teleost;
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]