foramen spinosum
English
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from New Latin forāmen spīnōsum (“thorny hole”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /fəˌɹeɪ.mən spaɪˈnoʊ.səm/
Noun
editforamen spinosum (plural foramina spinosa)
- (anatomy) An aperture in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the middle meningeal artery.
- Hypernym: foramen
- Coordinate terms: foramen cecum, foramen lacerum, foramen magnum, foramen ovale, foramen rotundum, foramen transversarium
References
edit- “foramen spinosum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.