fenestra
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In most meat-eating dinosaurs, a ridge of bone provides a roof over an opening in the skull in front of the eye sockets known as the antorbital fenestra.
From Scientific American • Dec. 15, 2020
The vestibule communicates with the chain of bones of the middle ear by means of a small opening, called the "oval window," or fenestra ovalis.
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman
The pars posticus originates by a broad, flat tendon on a line across the posterior half of the membrane that covers the ischiopubic fenestra.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.
The medial border of the orbital fenestra is missing, but apparently consisted of the pterygoid for at least the posterior half.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
Along the posterior edge of the orbital fenestra, there is a narrow, dorsally projecting flange of the pterygoid.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
