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opening or enclosed gap within the dense connective tissue (bones and deep fasciae) of extant and extinct amniote animals, typically to allow passage of nerves, arteries, veins or other soft tissue structures (e
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Mikael Häggström. When using this image in external works, it may be cited as: Häggström, Mikael (2014). "Medical gallery of Mikael Häggström 2014". WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). DOI:10.15347/wjm/20 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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foramen

Summary

foramen is an animal structure[1]. foramen draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (animal_structure category, ranking #4 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • foramen's image is recorded as Greater sciatic foramen.png[3].
  • foramen's instance of is recorded as animal structure[4].
  • foramen's instance of is recorded as general anatomical term[5].
  • foramen's found in taxon is recorded as amniote[6].
  • foramen's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780674711[7].

Why It Matters

foramen draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (animal_structure category, ranking #4 of 4).[2] foramen has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] foramen is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). foramen. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/foramen
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_foramen_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{foramen}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/foramen}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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