Definition of Foramen of Monro

1. Noun. The small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere.

Exact synonyms: Interventricular Foramen, Monro's Foramen
Generic synonyms: Foramen, Hiatus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foramen Of Monro

foramen jugulare
foramen lacerum
foramen lacerum anterius
foramen lacerum medium
foramen lacerum posterius
foramen lateralis ventriculi quarti
foramen magnum
foramen mandibulae
foramen mastoideum
foramen mentale
foramen nutricium
foramen of Arnold
foramen of Key-Retzius
foramen of Luschka
foramen of Monro (current term)
foramen of transverse process
foramen of vena cava
foramen omentale
foramen opticum
foramen ovale
foramen ovales
foramen palatinum majus
foramen parietale
foramen petrosum
foramen processus transversi
foramen quadratum
foramen rotundum
foramen sacrale
foramen singulare

Literary usage of Foramen of Monro

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"The foramen of Monro is a foramen by which each lateral ventricle communicates with the third ventricle. It is formed by the anterior extremity of the body ..."

2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, George Dancer Thane, Johnson Symington (1893)
"Ail aperture (foramen of Monro) which has been already mentioned as opening out of ... The anterior horn curves from the foramen of Monro somewhat outwards, ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"In front, the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle is small and tapering, and communicates with that of the opposite side through the foramen of Monro. ..."

4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1885)
"THE EXISTENCE AND DORSAL CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF THE PORTA (foramen of Monro) IN THE ... the first ever made of " the foramen of Monro ;" in the enlarged one the ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"The alteration of the walls of the left foramen of Monro was slight. The pyramidal tract on the right side of the pons was much smaller than ..."

6. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"... and Porta ("Lateral and olfactory ventricles and foramen of Monro"). ... foramen of Monro ..."

7. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"... and that it thence projects into each lateral ventricle as the choroid plexus of each side, reaching from the foramen of Monro in front along the edge ..."

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