parietal foramen

noun

An opening in the parietal bone for the emissary vein.

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Meanings

nounparietal foramen (plural parietal foramina)

plural parietal foramina

  1. anatomyAn 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
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