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What bone contains the mental foramina?

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cribriform plate make up the ethmoidal labyrinths. Their walls form most of the inner walls of the eye sockets and are joined together by a thin perforated plate of bone at the roof of the nose. This bone, the cribriform plate, transmits the olfactory nerves that carry the sense of smell.

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Ethymoid bone, the Cribiform Plate has the olfactory foramina passing through

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The olfactory is a nerve... It is cranial Nerve I.... It is used for smell..

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The ethmoid bone contains openings for the olfactory nerves.

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The Ethmoid bone

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Ethmoid bone.

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Ethmoid

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mandible

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