foramen magnum
The foramen magnum is the large opening in the occipital skull base through which the brainstem continues toward the spinal cord.
All languages
- English
- foramen magnum
- Norwegian
- store bakhodehull
- Japanese
- 大後頭孔 — だいこうとうこう — daikōtōkō
- Korean
- 큰구멍 — keungumeong
- Spanish
- agujero magno
- French
- foramen magnum
- German
- Großes Hinterhauptloch
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