foramen : Idioms & Phrases
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Condylar foramen
(Anat.) , a formen in front of each condyle of the occipital bone; sometimes called the anterior condylar foramen when a second, or posterior, foramen is present behind the condyle, as often happens in man.
Webster 1913
foramen magnum
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noun the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes
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Foramen of Monro
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noun 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 of Monro; interventricular foramen.
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(Anat.) , the opening from each lateral into the third ventricle of the brain.
Webster 1913
Foramen of Winslow
(Anat.) , the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.
Webster 1913
interventricular foramen
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noun 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 of Monro; interventricular foramen.
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monro's foramen
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noun 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 of Monro; interventricular foramen.
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Obturator foramen
(Anat.) , an opening situated between the public and ischial parts of the innominate bone and closed by the obturator membrane; the thyroid foramen.
Webster 1913
Thyroid foramen
- the obturator foramen.