foramen cecum
English
Alternative forms
- foramen caecum, foramen cæcum
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin forāmen caecum (“an invisible, hidden opening”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /fəˌɹeɪ.mən ˈsi.kəm/
Noun
foramen cecum (plural foramina ceca)
- (anatomy) A shallow depression in the posterior dorsal midline of the tongue that is the remnant of the more cranial part of the embryonic duct from which the thyroid gland developed.
- Hypernym: foramen
- Coordinate terms: foramen lacerum, foramen magnum, foramen ovale, foramen rotundum, foramen spinosum, foramen transversarium
References
- “foramen cecum” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.