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foramen rotundum

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The foramen rotundum is a circular hole in the sphenoid bone that connects the middle cranial fossa and the pterygopalatine fossa. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foramen_rotundum ]

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foramen rotundum

database cross reference
latin term
foramen rotundum ossis sphenoidalis [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foramen_rotundum ]

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external definition

A circular hole in the sphenoid bone that connects the middle cranial fossa and the pterygopalatine fossa.vity. [Wikipedia:Foramen_rotundum][VHOG]

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has related synonym

round foramen, foramen rotundum of the skull, foramen rotundum ossis sphenoidalis

homology notes

It is suggested that the mammalian lamina ascendens arose from an upgrowth of the root of the quadrate ramus of the epipterygoid in cynodonts, separating foramen rotundum from foramen ovale.[well established][VHOG]

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UBERON:0005446