fo·ra·men

(fə-rā′mən)

n. pl. fo·ram·i·na (-răm′ə-nə) or fo·ra·mens

An opening or orifice, as in a bone or in the covering of the ovule of a plant.

[Latin forāmen, an opening, from forāre, to bore.]

fo·ram′i·nal (-răm′ə-nəl), fo·ram′i·nous (-nəs) adj.

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foramen

(fɒˈreɪmɛn)

n, pl -ramina (-ˈræmɪnə) or -ramens

(Anatomy) a natural hole, esp one in a bone through which nerves and blood vessels pass

[C17: from Latin, from forāre to bore, pierce]

foraminal adj

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fo•ra•men

(fəˈreɪ mən)

n., pl. -ra•mens, -ram•i•na (-ˈræm ə nə)

a small opening, orifice, or perforation, as in a bone or in the ovule of a plant.

[1665–75; < Latin forāmen hole, opening =forā(re) to bore¹, pierce + -men resultative n. suffix]

fo•ram•i•nal (fəˈræm ə nl) adj.

foramen

A hole in a bone or between two body cavities.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

foramen - a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

hiatus

foramen of Monro, interventricular foramen, Monro's foramen - the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere

foramen magnum - the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes

opening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"

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An osteometric evaluation of Foramen spinosum and Venosum.

ANATOMICAL STUDY OF FORAMEN VESALIUS

The patient also was noted to have an absent foramen spinosum, one of the features of PSA (figure 3).

Persistent stapedial artery with ankylosis of the stapes footplate

No Anatomical landmarks definitions 1 Minimum frontal breadth Distance between the two frontotemporale (ft) 2 Biorbital breadth Distance between right and left ectoconchion (ec) 3 Bizygomatic diameter Distance between most lateral points on the zygomatic arches 4 Nasal breadth Maximum breadth of the nasal aperture 5 Orbital height Distance between the superior and inferior orbital margins 6 Foramen magnum breadth Distance between the lateral margins of foramen magnum at the points of greatest lateral curvature 7 Foramen magnum length Distance from basion (ba) to opisthion (o) 8 Foramen ovale Distance between left and right of foramen ovale 9 Foramen spinosum Distance between left and right of foramen spinosum Table 4: Dimensional measurements of dry skull and CAD models.

Optimization of computer tomography reconstruction parameters using additive manufacturing

On the other hand, the morphometric characteristics of the foramen ovale and foramen spinosum of the Nigerian population presented by Osunwoke et al.

Morphometric Study of Five Constant Skull Base Foramina in the Muisca Population of the Tibanica Anthropological Collection of the Universidad de Los Andes/ Estudio Morfometrico de Cinco Foramenes Constantes de la Base del Craneo en la Poblacion Muisca de la Coleccion Antropologica Tibanica de la Universidad de Los Andes