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
The superior opening is the greater sciatic foramen.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The orbital-nasalis foramen is located in the anterior surface of the prefrontal.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by John Wellman
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 veins arise from the base of the brain and the cervical region of the spinal cord, and flow largely through the intervertebral foramina in the cervical vertebrae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
These parallel the vertebral arteries and travel through the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Openings here include the large foramen magnum, plus the internal acoustic meatus, jugular foramina, and hypoglossal canals.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
If their cavities were connected with the lungs the foramina are inconspicuous and unlike the immense holes seen in the sides of the vertebræ.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
