cribriform plate

This bone, the cribriform plate, transmits the olfactory nerves that carry the sense of smell.

…for smell sensation), crosses the cribriform plate (the perforated structure at the base of the skull forming the roof of the nasal cavity), and ultimately reaches the olfactory bulbs (forebrain structures involved in smell perception) within the brain. The amoeba is thought to move toward the brain by following chemical…

…of the crest is the cribriform (pierced with small holes) plate of the ethmoid bone, a midline bone important as a part both of the cranium and of the nose. Through the perforations of the plate run many divisions of the olfactory, or first cranial, nerve, coming from the mucous…