foramen

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

Third unicuspid usually smaller than fourth; upper unicuspids usually with pigmented ridge extending from apices medially to cingula, uninterrupted by antero-posterior groove; post-mandibular foramen usually absent.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by James S. Findley

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 ventricles are connected to the third ventricle by two openings called the interventricular foramina.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The name of a spinal cord region corresponds to the level at which spinal nerves pass through the intervertebral foramina.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Blood vessels and nerves enter the bone through the nutrient foramina to nourish and innervate bones.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The palate is narrow in the interval between the incisor and molar teeth, in which are situated the large anterior palatine foramina.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various