OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32328

foramen

/fəˈɹeɪ.mɛn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
foramen
An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone.
The skull contains a number of foramina through which arteries, veins, nerves, and other structures enter and exit.
There is — as I have explained — a slight want of alignment in the cervical vertebrae which has, as I perceive it, the effect of lessening the foramina through which the nerve root…
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