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anterior condylar foramenCondylar Con"dy*lar, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a condyle.
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. Condylar foramenCondylar Con"dy*lar, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a condyle.
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. ForamenForamen Fo*ra"men, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L.,
fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral
into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac
of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum. Foramen of MonroForamen Fo*ra"men, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L.,
fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral
into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac
of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum. Foramen of WinslowForamen Fo*ra"men, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L.,
fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral
into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac
of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum. ForaminaForamen Fo*ra"men, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L.,
fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral
into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac
of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum. Foraminated
Foraminated Fo*ram"i*na`ted, a. [L. foraminatus.]
Having small opening, or foramina.
ForaminesForamen Fo*ra"men, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L.,
fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral
into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac
of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum. Foraminifer
Foraminifer For`a*min"i*fer, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the foraminifera.
ForaminiferaForaminifera Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. foramen,
-aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a
chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids.
Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some
species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda. Foraminiferous
Foraminiferous Fo*ram`i*nif"er*ous, a.
1. Having small openings, or foramina.
2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as,
foraminiferous mud.
Foraminous
Foraminous Fo*ram"i*nous, a. [L. foraminosus.]
Having foramina; full of holes; porous. --Bacon.
Obturator foramenObturator Ob"tu*ra`tor, a. (Anat.)
Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to,
or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator
nerve.
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.
Meaning of FORAM from wikipedia
- (/fəˌræməˈnɪfərə/ fə-RAM-ə-NIH-fə-rə;
Latin for "hole bearers";
informally called "
forams") are single-celled organisms,
members of a
phylum or
class of Rhizarian...
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Sorites is a
genus of
benthic Foraminifera, in the
family Soritidae,
order Miliolida. Its type
species is
Nautilus orbiculus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)...
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Kalosha is a
genus of
foraminifera included in the
miliolid family Spiroloculinidae. Its test is small,
ovate in outline, only up to 0.2 mm in the greatest...
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Vania is a
genus of
benthic forams from the
upper Paleocene of
Turkey with a
large discoidal test up to 6.5mm in diameter. The
microspheric test begins...
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Saudia is a
genus of
large discoidal to
reniform (kidney shaped)
forams, with a
relatively thick test and
complex interior,
composed of
agglutinated matter...
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Clavulinopsis is a
genus of
foraminifera from the
Upper Cretaceous of the
United States (Texas, Arkansas),
included in the Textulariida. The type species...
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Clavulina is a
genus of
aggulinated benthic foraminiferans with an
elongate test. The
early stage is
triserial and
triangular in section, the
later stage...
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Fissurina is a
genus of
unilocular (single chambered)
calcareous forams,
similar in
general form to Lagena, but
included in the
nodosariacean family Ellipsolagenidae...
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Globulina is a
genus of
Foraminifera with an
ovate to
globular test,
included in the Polymorphinidae, Notocariacea, that has been
extant since the Middle...
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Cuneus is a
genus of
foraminifera in the
Rotaliida found in
Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) to
Paleocene marine sediments throughout the
boreal regions. The...
