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parietal foramina

parietal foramina is the plural of parietal foramen.

Meaning of parietal foramen

Noun

parietal foramen (plural parietal foramina)

  1. An opening in the parietal bone for the emissary vein.
    • Loss of the parietal foramen is a trait that we see very early in the evolutionary line leading to mammals.2016 September 7, Elsa Panciroli, “Did milk and fur evolve before the earliest mammals?”, in The Guardian

Questions about parietal foramina

What is parietal foramina the plural of?
Parietal foramina is the plural of parietal foramen.

Words near parietal foramina in the dictionary

  1. parietal bone
  2. parietal bones
  3. parietal cell
  4. parietal cells
  5. parietal foramen
  6. parietal foramina
  7. parietal lobe
  8. parietal lobes
  9. parietal pleura
  10. parietally
  11. parietals

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