foramen
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A patent foramen ovale - or PFO - which is a small hole between the top two chambers of the heart.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025
It had a prominent pineal foramen -- a hole in the top of its head that many lizard species use to sense sunlight and judge the length of daylight hours.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023
The shape of the opening at the base of its skull—the foramen magnum—suggested Sahelanthropus balanced its head on top of a vertical neck, similar to upright walkers such as today’s humans.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 24, 2022
Figure 6.15 Diagram of Blood and Nerve Supply to Bone Blood vessels and nerves enter the bone through the nutrient foramen.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
On examination, tender points were found at the supra-orbital notch, at the infra-orbital foramen; in front of the ear; in the temporal region; in the parietal region, and the inferior dental region.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
Lizards and iguanas, however, sport a single row of large holes above their teeth, called foramina, where blood vessels and nerves pass through.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 29, 2023
These parallel the vertebral arteries and travel through the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The sacral nerves emerge from the sacral foramina along the length of that unique vertebra.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The interventricular foramina connect the frontal region of the lateral ventricles with the third ventricle.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In comparing the ventral views of skulls note especially the size and location of incisive foramina and posterior palatine foramina as well as the breadth of mesopterygoid fossae.
From Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Apodemus peninsulae, with Description of a New Subspecies from North China by J. Knox Jones
