foramen

IPA: fɝˈeɪmʌn

Examples of "foramen" in Sentences

The first is a structure called the foramen ovale.
Nerves exit the spine through a small space called a foramen.
Near the middle of this surface is the nutrient foramen, which is directed downward.
It travels through an opening, or foramen, that is close to the jawbone and serves many of the organs of the upper chest, including the heart, stomach, and esophagus.
What we do know for certain is that walking bipedally coincided with a change in where our spinal column enters the skull through a "big hole" called the foramen magnum.
"If the foramen is not open," Costa stresses, "there is no flow of spirit to the posterior part of the brain and the person does not remember and will not respond to the questions he is asked.
The Anterior Median Fissure (fissura mediana anterior; ventral or ventromedian fissure) contains a fold of pia mater, and extends along the entire length of the medulla oblongata: it ends at the lower border of the pons in a small triangular expansion, termed the foramen cecum.