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Meaning of "foramen magnum"

foramen magnum - the large opening at the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes
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  • The large foramen, or hole, in the occipital bone for the passage of the medulla oblongata and its membranes.

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The foramen magnum is found in this bone.
And then down to the foramen magnum.
The foramen magnum is a very important feature in bipedal mammals.
From the margins of the foramen magnum to.
The foramen magnum is the hole at the base of the skull.
No more risk of spinal or foramen magnum compression.
The opisthion is the midpoint on the posterior margin of the foramen magnum.
You can see the foramen magnum at the back.
I also found circular fractures around the foramen magnum.
It extends from the foramen magnum to the sacral hiatus.
These pieces meet around the foramen magnum.
The foramen magnum () is a large opening in the occipital bone of the human skull.
Nor is the position of the foramen magnum a problem.
Cerebrospinal fluid was obtained by blunt dissection and exposure of the foramen magnum.
Transection of the cord at the foramen magnum due to blunt force trauma.

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The occipital condyle is wider than the foramen magnum.
On the occipital bone, the foramen magnum presents two midline cephalometric landmarks.
These processes were broken off by the foramen magnum here.
The foramen magnum ( hole through which the spinal cord enters ) faces directly backward.
There are two midline skull landmarks at the foramen magnum.
The foramen magnum is usually small, deformed and displaced upwards into the cranial cavity.
The spinal cord passes through the foramen magnum.
This can be achieved via the foramen magnum without removal of the calvarium Fig . 2.
Which passes out of the skull through the foramen magnum.
The foramen magnum is triangular in the North American beaver, and rounded in the European.
The basion is located at the midpoint on the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
That 's your foramen magnum.
There were multiple contusions to the occipital cortex with herniation through the foramen magnum.
Do you know what the foramen magnum is?
Swelling or bleeding within the cerebellum pushes the cerebellar tonsils downwards into the foramen magnum.
Through the foramen magnum and becomes, of course, the spinal cord.
I originally attributed this nick on the anterior aspect of the foramen magnum to heat fracturing.
The foramen magnum was most commonly irregular in shape ( 36 % of all cases ).
Structures that pass through this foramen magnum include,.
Normally, the cerebellar tonsils are located just above the foramen magnum.
Owing to the deformation of the vault, the foramen magnum.
There is trauma to the base of the occipital bone, entering into the foramen magnum.
Type 2 involves extension of both brainstem and cerebellar tissue into the foramen magnum.
In Sisteronia, the basioccipital possesses a raised process on the floor of foramen magnum.
Cerebrospinal fluid ( CSF ) was obtained by blunt dissection and exposure of the foramen magnum.
Lumboperitoneal shunt - Placed infrequently because of increased risk of herniation through the foramen magnum.
TYPE 2-involves the extension of both the cerebellar and brainstem tissue into the foramen magnum.
Not exactly . I also found circular fractures around the foramen magnum.
The hole through which the medulla ( shown in red ) is passing is foramen magnum.
Well, actually, I think I found something on the margins of the foramen magnum.

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