foramenmagnum

foramenmagnum
foramen magnum n.
The large orifice in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes to the cranial cavity and becomes continuous with the medulla oblongata.
  [New Latin forāmen magnum: Latin forāmen, opening + Latin magnus, large.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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