The inferior (lower) alveolar nerve and the inferior alveolar artery are channeled across this foramen, where they travel through the mandibular canal and then leave through the mental foramen.

On the bottom of your skull, there is a distinctive hole. The technical name for the opening is the foramen magnum the great hole that the spinal cord and other critical soft tissues run through.

March 17 (UPI) --New research by anthropologists at Stony Brook University and the University of Texas at Austin confirm the human skull and bipedalism co-evolved.Scientists have previously linked ...

A team led by China University of Geosciences has described a new species of sauropod, Jinchuanloong niedu, from a partial skeleton and nearly complete skull found in northwestern China, adding a ...

New research further validates that bipedalism (walking upright on two feet) evolved in concert with unique features of the human skull. The latest paper on the anthropologic significance of two ...

Abstract. Several lines of evidence suggest that a patent foramen ovale (PFO) may increase the risk of ischemic stroke. In the late 1980s, for example, the first reports were published linking the ...

NEW DNA tests on bizarre elongated 2,000-year old skulls, which it has been suggested could come from aliens, have raised more question marks about their origins.

Percutaneous closure of the PFO was undertaken to improve arterial oxygen saturation and relieve symptoms. During the procedure, contrast aortography demonstrated compression of the inferior vena ...