See Also: foramen caecum of frontal bone(medicine)
foramen caecum of tongue(medicine)
foramen caecum posterius(medicine)
foramen caecum linguae(medicine)
foramen caecum ossis frontalis(medicine)
foramen caecum medullae oblongatae(medicine)
frontal foramen(medicine)
caecal foramen of frontal bone(medicine)
blind foramen of frontal bone(medicine)
hypsilophodont(dictionary)

foramen caecum of frontal bone (medicine) and hypsilophodont (iou)


foramen caecum of frontal bone (medicine)


foramen caecum of frontal bone
<anatomy> Blind or caecal foramen of the frontal bone; the blind foramen formed immediately anterior to the crista galli by a notch at the lower end of the frontal crest and its articulation with the ethmoid bone. It is insignificant postnatally, but gives passage to vessels during development.

Synonym: foramen caecum ossis frontalis, blind foramen of frontal bone, caecal foramen of frontal bone.


hypsilophodont (iou)



hypsilophodont adjective & noun. L19.
[from Greek hupsilophos high-crested (formed as HYPSI- + LOPHO-) + -ODONT.]
Palaeontology. (Designating) any hypsilophodontid, esp. one of the genus Hypsilophodon, of Lower Cretaceous times.
,hypsilopho'dontid adjective & noun (designating) any of a family of ornithischian dinosaurs of Middle Jurassic to late Cretaceous times which had powerful jaws and chisel-like teeth L20.