foramen spinosum of sphenoid bone
A foramen in the sphenoid bone through which the middle meningeal artery, middle meningeal vein, and the meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve pass. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foramen_spinosum ]
Synonyms: foramen spinosum
Term info
database cross reference
- FMA:53156
- Wikipedia:Foramen_spinosum
- SCTID:369440000
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uberon
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UBERON:0016492
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Foramen spinosum
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- foramen of skull and part of some sphenoid bone and conduit for some meningeal branch of mandibular nerve