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FORAMEN APICAL [2 records]

Record 1 2024-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
  • The Mouth
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

... the small opening at the apex of a tooth root through which nerves and blood vessels pass.

OBS

apical foramen; foramen apicis radicis dentis: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
  • Cavité buccale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Au niveau de l'apex, situé à l'extrémité de la racine, subsiste un orifice, le foramen apical, par lequel arrivent les éléments assurant la vascularisation et l'innervation du tissu.

OBS

foramen apical : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

foramen apicis radicis dentis : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

The apical foramina line up into a straight (...) cylindrical tube, the "endosiphuncular canal".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

L'apex de certains "Nautiloidea" à structure siphonale très complexe (...) montre parfois un "foramen apical" (...) attestant une communication directe entre la loge initiale (...) et le siphon (...)

Spanish

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