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
Located near the midpoint of the supraorbital margin is a small opening called the supraorbital foramen.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
A bifurcation of the ventral end of the scapula results in a large glenoid foramen.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
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
Blood vessels and nerves enter the bone through the nutrient foramina to nourish and innervate bones.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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
There are several foramina on the lateral surface of the prootic.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by John Wellman
