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Record 1 2017-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
foramen ovale
Latin
DEF

A large oval opening in the base of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, transmitting the mandibular division of the trigeminal merge and a small meningeal artery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
foramen ovale
Latin
DEF

Petit orifice présent chez le fœtus et situé presque au centre de la cloison intérauriculaire séparant l'oreillette droite et l'oreillette gauche du cœur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
foramen ovale
Latin
DEF

Abertura que comunica las aurículas del corazón fetal.

CONT

El septum primum no constituye un tabique interauricular completo, puesto que antes de que se suelde al septum intermedium se desgarra y se reabsorbe en su parte superior. Esto origina una abertura, el agujero oval o agujero de Botal.

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