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Bone orifices
Answer for the clue "Bone orifices ", 8 letters:
foramina
Word definitions for foramina in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure [syn: hiatus ] [also: foramina (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of foramen English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Foramen \Fo*ra"men\, n.; pl. L. Foramina , E. Foramines . [L., fr. forare to bore, pierce.] A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra. Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral into the third ventricle of the brain. Foramen of Winslow ...
Usage examples of foramina.
Aside from anomalies in the positions of some cranial sutures and the mental foramina, the Tanu skull seemed almost completely humanoid.
The others are vascular foramina, holes for the vascular vessels that supply blood to bone and marrow.