Assertion: foramen magnum | /r/HasProperty | located
Facets:
value: anteriorly
type: MANNER
value: in humans
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The foramen magnum (the large opening where the spinal cord exits out of the cranium from the brain) is located further forward (on the underside of the cranium) than in apes or any other primate except humans.
text: In humans, the foramen magnum and occipital condyles are more anteriorly located, the midline basicranial axis is relatively short anteroposteriorly and strongly “flexed” internally, and the bilateral structures marking vascular and neural pathways through the central part of the base are more widely separated.
text: The foramen magnum is located more inferiorly (more on the bottom of the cranium).
text: For animals with "pronograde posture, the foramen magnum is dorsally oriented, whereas in humans it is anteriorly located and forwardly inclined.