The first is a structure called the foramen ovale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tetralogy of Fallot — What is Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)?] Reference

A short perforation is called a foramen, a longer passage a canal.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 1. Development of the Skeleton] Reference

Near the middle of this surface is the nutrient foramen, which is directed downward.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 6c. 6. The Fibula] Reference

Immediately below the popliteal line is the nutrient foramen, which is large and directed obliquely downward.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 6c. 5. The Tibia] Reference

Above the foramen is the margin of the orbit, which affords attachment to part of the Quadratus labii superioris.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 5b. 2. The Maxillæ (Upper Jaw)] Reference

At the junction of the upper and middle thirds of the volar surface is the nutrient foramen, which is directed obliquely upward.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 6a. 5. The Radius] Reference

Upon entering the right atrium, most of the oxygenated blood flows into the left ventricle through a hole called the foramen ovule.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Secondly, there is inter-condyloid foramen, which is also situated near the lower end of the humerus, but more in the middle of the bone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference

What we do know for certain is that walking bipedally coincided with a change in where our spinal column enters the skull through a "big hole" called the foramen magnum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Human Family Walks on All Fours] Reference

Cervical foramen: in coleopterous larvae - occipital foramen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Running along the plantar groove, it gains the plantar foramen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference

Plantar surface; 2, plantar foramen and plantar groove; 3, semilunar crest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference

She also stitched closed a small hole (a foramen ovale) between the upper chambers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ventricular Septal Defect -- Nora's Story] Reference

The optic foramen is the opening in the skull through which the optic nerve passes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flies are More Interesting...] Reference

The plane of the occipital foramen (‘b c’.) forms a slightly acute angle with this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essays] Reference

It is formed from two centres, each of which is originally a ring round the carotid foramen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference

GUPTA: The condition for people who care about the specific term is known at patent foramen ovale.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2006] Reference

Occipital foramen: the opening in the occiput, opposed to a similar opening in the prothorax: = foramen magnum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Let him lie on his right side, for this favors the complete closure of the fetal heart valve, the foramen ovale.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother and Her Child] Reference

A transverse line drawn from one auditory foramen to the other traverses, as usual, the forepart of the occipital foramen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essays] Reference

It passes from the pelvis by the great sciatic foramen, below the pyriformis muscle, and in company with the sciatic artery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

The next three pairs of nerves all arise from the medulla, and escape from the cavity of the skull through the same foramen.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Practical Physiology] Reference

The occipital foramen, giving exit to the spinal cord, is a third longer, says Cuvier, in proportion to its breadth, than in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference

PFO Closure : PFO stands for patent foramen ovale, a small hole in the wall that divides the heart into left and right chambers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four Heart Treatments Questioned In Studies] Reference

In the centre of the interauricular septum of the human heart, an aperture (foramen ovale) is left as being necessary to the foetal circulation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

After birth, on the commencement of respiration, the foramen ovale of the interauricular septum closes, and the ductus arteriosus becomes impervious.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Hence in the embryo, there is almost no use for the liver, but the umbilical vein passes directly through, a foramen or an anastomosis existing from the vena portae.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

The median paralysis was found to be accompanied by the inclusion of the nerve in a sort of foramen of callus, when the patient was explored at a later date by Mr. Ballance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

The nerves (one or both) may become bruised at the brim of the obturator foramen by being caught between the pelvis and the body of the fetus in some cases of protracted labor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference