Explore Foramen through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hiatus or opening. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Foramen in a sentence
Foramen meaning
An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone.
Using Foramen
- The main meaning on this page is: An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone.
- Useful related words include: hiatus, opening, gap.
- In the example corpus, foramen often appears in combinations such as: the foramen, foramen magnum, foramen ovale.
Context around Foramen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foramen
- In this selection, "foramen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, patent, term, tongue, magnum, ovale and cecum stand out and add context to how "foramen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a patent foramen ovale that and at the foramen magnum with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foramen" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foramen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The foramen magnum migrated under the skull and more anterior. (10 words)
The position of the nutrient foramen of the tarsometatarsus also separates the two groups of sea ducks. (17 words)
The obturator externus has a parallel course with its origin located on the posterior border of the obturator foramen. (19 words)
The leakage can cause a lack of CSF pressure and volume which can allow the brain to descend through the foramen magnum in the occipital bone where the lower portion of the brain may impact on cranial nerve complexes causing a variety of sensory symptoms. (45 words)
Surface of the tongue Foramen cecum and terminal sulcus labelled above Tonge surface features The upper surface of the tongue is called the dorsum, and is divided by a groove into symmetrical halves by the median sulcus. (37 words)
The vertebra of the neck unite on nearly flat surfaces, the humerus had lost the foramen, or perforation, at the lower end, and the third trochanter to the femur may have also been wanting. (34 words)
Example sentences (13)
The doctor also has a hole in his heart — a patent foramen ovale — that did not properly close up after birth.
A depression in the surface of the right atrium remains where the foramen ovale once walls, called the fossa ovalis.
Next, he takes a distressingly small Caucasian skull, shakes hard, and pushes mightily at the foramen magnum with his thumb.
Some examples of terms used to describe bones include the term "foramen" to describe a hole through which something passes, and a "canal" or "meatus" to describe a tunnel-like structure.
Surface of the tongue Foramen cecum and terminal sulcus labelled above Tonge surface features The upper surface of the tongue is called the dorsum, and is divided by a groove into symmetrical halves by the median sulcus.
The facial nerve then reaches the side of the face by using the stylomastoid foramen, also in the temporal bone.
The foramen cecum marks the end of this division (at about 2.5 cm from the root of the tongue) and the beginning of the terminal sulcus.
The foramen magnum migrated under the skull and more anterior.
The leakage can cause a lack of CSF pressure and volume which can allow the brain to descend through the foramen magnum in the occipital bone where the lower portion of the brain may impact on cranial nerve complexes causing a variety of sensory symptoms.
The obturator externus has a parallel course with its origin located on the posterior border of the obturator foramen.
The position of the nutrient foramen of the tarsometatarsus also separates the two groups of sea ducks.
The vertebra of the neck unite on nearly flat surfaces, the humerus had lost the foramen, or perforation, at the lower end, and the third trochanter to the femur may have also been wanting.
They are long, and their anterior and posterior tubercles are fused into one mass; the foramen transversarium is directed from below, upward and backward.
Common combinations with foramen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: