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Posted: 10/26/2010 10:16:14 AM EDT
So, if a head injury results in loss of sense of smell, which bone could have been damaged? I am thinking it is the Cribriform plate. Am I right?

I realize I will get a massive response of goofball answers (some undoubtedly using the word "goofball"), but maybe I will get lucky.

Thanks

And no, this is not cheating.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:19:18 AM EDT
[#1]
Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:23:24 AM EDT
[#2]
Ethmoid bone I think.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:28:20 AM EDT
[#3]
Quoted:
Ethmoid bone I think.


No offense, but I need a definite. But I do appreciate the response.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:28:45 AM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
Ethmoid bone I think.


Yes, the cribriform plate shears off the nerves for smell.

Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:29:02 AM EDT
[#5]
it has to damage the olifactory nerves on the roof of the sinuses.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:30:44 AM EDT
[#6]
CI (olfactory nerve) passes through the cribbiform plate which is part of the Ethmoid bone.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:30:44 AM EDT
[#7]



Quoted:



Quoted:

Ethmoid bone I think.




Yes, the cribriform plate shears off the nerves for smell.





so can you lose your sense of smell by cutting your brother in half with a machete?

 
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:32:41 AM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
CI (olfactory nerve) passes through the cribbiform plate which is part of the Ethmoid bone.


Awesome, thank you and everyone else who posted.

I am still in awe of the lack of smart a$$ comments .
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:36:02 AM EDT
[#9]
Quoted:
Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.


Suer we do, everyone knows it that little piece of skin that hangs down in your throat.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:37:24 AM EDT
[#10]




Quoted:

CI (olfactory nerve) passes through the cribbiform plate which is part of the Ethmoid bone.


Oh, Oh, Oh, to touch and feel a girl's vagina, ah heaven?

Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:38:36 AM EDT
[#11]
Quoted:
Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.


The other half is secretly gay and doesn't care where it is...
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:41:00 AM EDT
[#12]
You are correct sir.  You win 50 internets
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:41:16 AM EDT
[#13]
As has been established, the ethmoid severs the nerve connection between the nasal cavity and the brain.


However, in light of this being posted in GD, the answer is obvious: dikfer/possum.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:44:46 AM EDT
[#14]
Cribiform plate of the ethmoid.

Olfactory bulb sits on top and drops nerves through the plate to the roof of the nasal cavity.

Link Posted: 10/26/2010 10:45:11 AM EDT
[#15]



Quoted:





Quoted:

CI (olfactory nerve) passes through the cribbiform plate which is part of the Ethmoid bone.


Oh, Oh, Oh, to touch and feel a girl's vagina, ah heaven?



That doesn't tell him where it runs.



 
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 11:09:55 AM EDT
[#16]




Quoted:





Quoted:





Quoted:

CI (olfactory nerve) passes through the cribbiform plate which is part of the Ethmoid bone.


Oh, Oh, Oh, to touch and feel a girl's vagina, ah heaven?



That doesn't tell him where it runs.





I know, just a little aside to see who might get twisted off because they don't know what it refers too
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 11:31:26 AM EDT
[#17]
Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
CI (olfactory nerve) passes through the cribbiform plate which is part of the Ethmoid bone.

Oh, Oh, Oh, to touch and feel a girl's vagina, ah heaven?

That doesn't tell him where it runs.
 


Through downtown Cleveland, I think...  
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 11:33:20 AM EDT
[#18]




I consulted my neuropathologist friend.
Answers above are correct.  Her response:





"Ethmoid bone.  More specifically the cribriform plate."
-p.


 
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 11:39:59 AM EDT
[#19]
Easy, you broke your big toe.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 11:54:05 AM EDT
[#20]
Quoted:

I consulted my neuropathologist friend.

Answers above are correct.  Her response:

"Ethmoid bone.  More specifically the cribriform plate."

-p.  


Pics- STAT.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 12:12:31 PM EDT
[#21]



Quoted:


Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.


is that like a Ford Cortina



 
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 12:26:06 PM EDT
[#22]
Quoted:

Quoted:
CI (olfactory nerve) passes through the cribbiform plate which is part of the Ethmoid bone.

Oh, Oh, Oh, to touch and feel a girl's vagina, ah heaven?


Geez, I hated the cranial nerves.
Shame on you for bringing this up..
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:05:35 PM EDT
[#23]
that would be the smellin' bone.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:06:33 PM EDT
[#24]



Quoted:


Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.


True, but they can build one hell of an ammo fort.



 
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:32:29 PM EDT
[#25]
Quoted:
Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.


Wow, wtf does that have to do with the op's q?

TXL
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:35:15 PM EDT
[#26]
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:38:17 PM EDT
[#27]
Quoted:
Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.



This

ETA First post nailed it.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:38:17 PM EDT
[#28]
The first reply means this thread is going to be funny.



Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:39:17 PM EDT
[#29]
Quoted:
So, if a head injury results in loss of sense of smell, which bone could have been damaged? I am thinking it is the Cribriform plate. Am I right?

I realize I will get a massive response of goofball answers (some undoubtedly using the word "goofball"), but maybe I will get lucky.

Thanks

And no, this is not cheating.


Couldn't it have just been soft tissue swelling that compromised the nerve?
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:41:07 PM EDT
[#30]



Quoted:


Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.


I may not know WHERE it is exactly but I do know it's connected to my wallet....



 
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:44:25 PM EDT
[#31]
On a serious note.

It is not damage to a "bone" which causes one to loose the sense of smell.  Loosing the sense of smell  is the result of a frontal lobe concussion.

Been there, had that.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:45:48 PM EDT
[#32]





Quoted:





Quoted:





I consulted my neuropathologist friend.





Answers above are correct.  Her response:





"Ethmoid bone.  More specifically the cribriform plate."





-p.  






Pics- STAT.






"Scheme of the
ethmoid bone viewed from behind. The two ethmoidal labyrinths are united
by the cribriform plate. The perpendicular plate, which forms the upper part
of the nasal septum, is set at a right angle to the horizontally placed cribriform
plate. The lateral surface of each labyrinth forms a part of the medial wall
of the orbit and is termed the orbital plate of the ethmoid bone. F indicates
the portion of the labyrinth completed by the frontal bone; 5, the portion
completed by the sphenoid bone. The ethmoidal labyrinth contains ethmoidal
air cells known collectively as the ethmoidal sinus. (After Grant.)"











-p.




 
 
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:49:16 PM EDT
[#33]
Quoted:
On a serious note.

It is not damage to a "bone" which causes one to loose the sense of smell.  Loosing the sense of smell  is the result of a frontal lobe concussion.

Been there, had that.


I just figured that you could lose the sensory function from having cerebral edema that impinges the nerve against bony structure. I would have to ask
1. How long has the nerve been "out"?
2. What was the mech of injury etc?

If my question is stupid I have a good excuse....."hi, My Name is Evan Williams and I am from the Anesthesia Dept.!!!".
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:49:56 PM EDT
[#34]
Quoted:
Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.


the what?
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:54:33 PM EDT
[#35]
Broken nose....  Damn how hard was that.  
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:55:50 PM EDT
[#36]

Link Posted: 10/26/2010 1:58:58 PM EDT
[#37]
Quoted:
Quoted:
On a serious note.

It is not damage to a "bone" which causes one to loose the sense of smell.  Loosing the sense of smell  is the result of a frontal lobe concussion.

Been there, had that.


I just figured that you could lose the sensory function from having cerebral edema that impinges the nerve against bony structure. I would have to ask
1. How long has the nerve been "out"?
2. What was the mech of injury etc?

If my question is stupid I have a good excuse....."hi, My Name is Evan Williams and I am from the Anesthesia Dept.!!!".


The more important question would be, how exactly does a sense get loose, and what must one do to tighten it back up again?
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 2:00:46 PM EDT
[#38]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
On a serious note.

It is not damage to a "bone" which causes one to loose the sense of smell.  Loosing the sense of smell  is the result of a frontal lobe concussion.

Been there, had that.


I just figured that you could lose the sensory function from having cerebral edema that impinges the nerve against bony structure. I would have to ask
1. How long has the nerve been "out"?
2. What was the mech of injury etc?

If my question is stupid I have a good excuse....."hi, My Name is Evan Williams and I am from the Anesthesia Dept.!!!".


The more important question would be, how exactly does a sense get loose, and what must one do to tighten it back up again?


Hmm.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 2:08:16 PM EDT
[#39]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Ethmoid bone I think.


No offense, but I need a definite. But I do appreciate the response.

The olfactory nerve (cranial nerve I) passes through the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 2:14:35 PM EDT
[#40]
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 7:25:06 PM EDT
[#41]
Quoted:

Quoted:
CI (olfactory nerve) passes through the cribbiform plate which is part of the Ethmoid bone.

Oh, Oh, Oh, to touch and feel a girl's vagina, ah heaven?


...and hymen

was the version I learned.  Funny the stuff you remember 25 years later.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 7:46:51 PM EDT
[#42]
It's probably because you smoke.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 7:49:39 PM EDT
[#43]
Easily fixed with a tincture of colloidal lead and colloidal mercury @ 1 PPT.
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 7:55:18 PM EDT
[#44]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.


Suer we do, everyone knows it that little piece of skin that hangs down in your throat.


No, no, no. That is a uvula. I would like to know what a clitoris is though.

Link Posted: 10/26/2010 8:12:51 PM EDT
[#45]
Quoted:
Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.


I thought that was the G-spot?  You know, the one that many members here don't think exists?

LC
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 8:15:36 PM EDT
[#46]
Quoted:

Quoted:
Half of arfcom doesn't even know where the clitoris is.

is that like a Ford Cortina
 


more like a Volvo
Link Posted: 10/26/2010 8:17:31 PM EDT
[#47]
Quoted:
that would be the smellin' bone.



Link Posted: 10/27/2010 2:08:43 PM EDT
[#48]





Quoted:





Quoted:





I consulted my neuropathologist friend.





Answers above are correct.  Her response:





"Ethmoid bone.  More specifically the cribriform plate."





-p.  






Pics- STAT.



She forbade me posting identifiable pics of her.





Here's a pic she sent me from her recent beach vacation:











-p.
 
 
Link Posted: 10/28/2010 5:13:26 AM EDT
[#49]
Quoted:

Quoted:
Quoted:

I consulted my neuropathologist friend.

Answers above are correct.  Her response:

"Ethmoid bone.  More specifically the cribriform plate."

-p.  


Pics- STAT.

She forbade me posting identifiable pics of her.

Here's a pic she sent me from her recent beach vacation:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/phuzzygnu/zombie.jpg

-p.


   


Ah yes, I could just sense the hotness.

A scintillation of loveliness.

Thank you for not requiring me to overhaul and recalibrate my sensors- a tedious depot level procedure.
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