foramen spinosum


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fo·ra·men spi·no·'sum

[TA]
an opening in the base of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, anterior to the spine of the sphenoid, transmitting the middle meningeal artery, and the meningeal branch (nervus spinosum) of the mandibular nerve.
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for·a·men spi·no·sum

(fōr-ā'mĕn spī-nō'sŭm) [TA]
An opening in the base of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, anterior to the spine of the sphenoid, transmitting the middle meningeal artery.
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Developmental studies on the foramen rotundum, foramen ovale and foramen spinosum of the human sphenoid bone.
Key: A = Anterior; FS = Foramen spinosum; L = Lateral; M = Medial; P = Posterior.
Key: A= Anterior; FS = Foramen spinosum; FV = Foramen Venosum; L = Lateral; M = Medial; P = Posterior.
An Osteometric Evaluation of the Foramen Spinosum and Venosum/ Una Evaluacion Osteometrica de los Foramenes Espinoso y Venoso
A morphometric study of foramen ovale and foramen spinosum of the human sphenoid bone in the southern Nigerian population.
The duplication of the foramen ovale in human skulls of south Indian population

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