FORAMEN OF MONRO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foramen of Monro mean? 

• FORAMEN OF MONRO (noun)
  The noun FORAMEN OF MONRO has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: FORAMEN OF MONRO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORAMEN OF MONRO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

foramen of Monro; interventricular foramen; Monro's foramen

Hypernyms ("foramen of Monro" is a kind of...):

foramen; hiatus (a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure)

 Context examples 

It is typically located in the lateral ventricles in the region of the foramen of Monro.

(Central Neurocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

They are separated from each other by the SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM, and each communicates with the THIRD VENTRICLE by the foramen of Monro, through which also the choroid plexuses (CHOROID PLEXUS) of the lateral ventricles become continuous with that of the third ventricle.

(Lateral Ventricle, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)