Foramen magnum Sentence Examples

The basal line of the cranium from the lower border of the foramen magnum to the incisor border of the palate is nearly straight.

It is therefore very probable that the authors quoted in (2) were mistaken in their identification of the elements at the base of the foramen magnum.

The foramen magnum is flanked by two large knobs or occipital condyles that form a joint with the first cervical vertebra of the neck.

The foramen magnum is a hole at the base of the skull into which the spine is inserted.

The Atlas vertebra meets with the occipital condyles which flank the foramen magnum in the basilar part of the occipital bone of the skull.

The atlas vertebra meets with the occipital condyles which flank the foramen magnum in the basilar part of the occipital bone of the skull.

In Type I malformation, the lower portions of the cerebellum, known as the cerebellar tonsils, protrude through the opening in the skull known as the foramen magnum and into the spinal cord canal.