fenestrae
- plural of fenestra.
Example Sentences
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Temporal fenestrae are post-orbital openings in the skull that allow muscles to expand and lengthen.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Furthermore, their supratemporal fenestrae are proportionally small and become smaller during ontogeny.
From Scientific American ● May 24, 2012
Torosaurus’s is larger and flatter, with two large circular holes called fenestrae on either side of it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2012
Cells furnished with a narrow elongated band or vitta on each side, without fenestrae.
The continued enlargement of the temporal fenestrae in the pelycosaur-therapsid lineage undoubtedly was correlated with the advantages accrued from securing greater space to allow increased lateral expansion of contracting mandibular adductors.
From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Fox, Richard C.
