foramen rotundum
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005446
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 ]
Term info
- VHOG:0001543
- FMA:53154
- EMAPA:18712
- SCTID:369439002
- Wikipedia:Foramen_rotundum
- EHDAA2:0000552
- AAO:0000194
- EHDAA:10629
A circular hole in the sphenoid bone that connects the middle cranial fossa and the pterygopalatine fossa.vity. [Wikipedia:Foramen_rotundum][VHOG]
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]
todo - check placement of AAO class
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Gray145.png
round foramen, foramen rotundum of the skull, foramen rotundum ossis sphenoidalis
uberon
UBERON:0005446
Foramen rotundum
Term relations
- foramen of skull
- neural crest-derived structure
- conduit for some maxillary nerve
- part of some sphenoid bone