Medical Definition of Mastoid foramen

1. An opening at the posterior portion of the mastoid process, transmitting the mastoid branch of the occipital artery to the dura and an emissary vein to the sigmoid sinus. Synonym: foramen mastoideum. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mastoid Foramen

mastoid abscess
mastoid air cells
mastoid angle of parietal bone
mastoid antrum
mastoid artery
mastoid bone
mastoid bones
mastoid border of occipital bone
mastoid branch of occipital artery
mastoid branches of posterior auricular artery
mastoid canaliculus
mastoid cells
mastoid emissary vein
mastoid empyema
mastoid fontanel
mastoid foramen (current term)
mastoid fossa
mastoid groove
mastoid lymph nodes
mastoid margin of occipital bone
mastoid notch
mastoid part of the temporal bone
mastoid process
mastoid processes
mastoid sinuses
mastoid wall of middle ear
mastoidal
mastoidale
mastoidectomies
mastoidectomy

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