Naegleria fowleri is a free‑living amoeba that thrives in ponds, lakes, slow‑moving rivers, poorly chlorinated swimming pools ...

The sclera is the white external tunic that envelops the eye from the limbus or corneoscleral junction (anterior), and to the cribriform plate of the optic nerve head (posterior) (Figure 1). In a ...

How meningitis attacks The disease typically begins when infectious agents, commonly transmitted through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing, enter the body through the nose. These ...

Follow-up head CT without contrast revealed mucosal-thickening in the maxillary and sphenoid sinuses, prompting further investigations. CT imaging of the sinus and maxillofacial bones, as seen in ...

Noninvasive brain stimulation device can help treat depression, PTSD, addiction Brain scientists have developed DeepFocus, a novel technique to reach the deep brain without invasive surgery to ...

The saccular nerve foramen was located superior to the high fiber nerve foramina and occurred as a cribriform plate. In some specimens the cribriform plate was deformed due to its fragile structure ...

Getty Images What Does the Ethmoid Bone Do? Because the ethmoid bone is in the middle of the face, it functions to support a variety of everyday activities. The cribriform plate has sieve-like holes ...

Small holes in a bone located at the base of the skull, known as the cribriform plate, likely served as a gateway for the plastic particles in the nasal passages to get into the brain, scientists ...

Our microplastics problem isn't going away.The researchers note that particles and fibers were the most common shapes, and polypropylene the most common polymer: it's one of the most widely used ...

It involves the cribriform plate, which is a bone between the eyes and located deep in the skull. Olfactory neuroblastoma is a rare form of cancer. Symptoms A number of symptoms and warning signs can ...

It infects people purely by accident, when water is forced up the nose, driving the amoeba through a lacy bone called the cribriform plate to the olfactory nerve, which acts as a highway to the brain.