foramen
Example Sentences
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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
Similar pits and foramina are seen in other dinosaur bones near inferred structures, like the sheaths covering horns, thought to have been made of keratin, which forms our nails and birds' beaks and feathers.
From Science Magazine
In a 2014 article for Men’s Health, Bruschi wrote that he had a patent foramen ovale, basically a small hole in his heart, and had surgery to repair the congenital heart defect following his stroke.
From Los Angeles Times
He is not convinced that the foramina are definitely missing, because the surface of the palate is highly fractured.
From Nature
The holes, known as foramina, have also been found in crocodiles and are thought to have housed hundreds of trigeminal nerves.
From New York Times
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