cribriform plate

a sievelike layer in the skull that supports the olfactory bulb and permits olfactory receptor fibers to extend through its holes to the olfactory epithelium.

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May 10th 2024

isotropy

n. the state of being the same, especially with respect to direction or orientation, symmetry of form, or uniformity of responses in the different parts of something. Compare anisotropy. —isotropic adj.