cribriform in English

adjective
1
denoting an anatomical structure that is pierced by numerous small holes, in particular the plate of the ethmoid bone through which the olfactory nerves pass.
Olfactory nerve fibers enter the cranial cavity through foramina in the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone and synapse on neurons in the olfactory bulb.

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1. The growth pattern was 80% Acinary, 15% solid and 5% cribriform (counting as Acinary according to the WHO classification) in the tumour in the left lung, while the tumour in the right lung was 60% Acinary, 30% cribriform and 10% solid

2. A squamous carcinoma developing during 20 months from a typical adenoid and cribriform carcinoma of the prostate is reported.

3. The olfactory bulbs of the olfactory nerve lie on either side of the crista galli on top of the cribriform plate.

4. Changes in nomenclature and classification include the introduction of serrated adenocarcinoma, cribriform comedo type adenocarcinoma and micropapillary adenocarcinoma as new distinct histological subtypes of colorectal cancer.