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 axon of an olfactory neuron extends from the basal surface of the epithelium, through an olfactory foramen in the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone, and into the brain.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Porta, pōr′ta, n. the part of an organ where its vessels and ducts enter, esp. the transverse fissure of the liver: the foramen of Monro.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various