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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2024

James Dolbow
Affiliation:
University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center
Joshua Edmondson
Affiliation:
University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center
Neel Fotedar
Affiliation:
University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center
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I know, I know! This one is super tough, solely based on the need to look up Latin and Greek origins to make sense of it. The foramen ovale gets its name from the early Latin word ovum meaning egg, which would later become ovalis and then the word “oval,” which is an egg-shaped circle. It is positioned within the sphenoid bone which means “wedge-shaped,” sphenoeides in Greek. Only V3, the third branch of the trigeminal nerve, passes through it.

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The Neuroanatomy Riddle Book
150 Fun and Challenging Neuroanatomy Riddles
, pp. 121 - 122
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • James Dolbow, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Joshua Edmondson, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Neel Fotedar, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center
  • Book: The Neuroanatomy Riddle Book
  • Online publication: 22 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009527422.054
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  • James Dolbow, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Joshua Edmondson, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Neel Fotedar, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center
  • Book: The Neuroanatomy Riddle Book
  • Online publication: 22 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009527422.054
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  • 53
  • James Dolbow, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Joshua Edmondson, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Neel Fotedar, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center
  • Book: The Neuroanatomy Riddle Book
  • Online publication: 22 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009527422.054
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