Definition of Foramen. Meaning of Foramen. Synonyms of Foramen

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Foramen. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Foramen and, of course, Foramen synonyms and on the right images related to the word Foramen.

Definition of Foramen

Foramen
Foramen Fo*ra"men, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L., fr. forare to bore, pierce.] A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra. Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral into the third ventricle of the brain. Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.

Meaning of Foramen from wikipedia

- Look up foramen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In anatomy and osteology, a foramen (/fəˈreɪmən/; pl.: foramina, /fəˈræmɪnə/ or foramens /fəˈreɪmənz/)...
- The foramen magnum (Latin: great hole) is a large, oval-shaped opening in the occipital bone of the skull. It is one of the several oval or circular openings...
- A jugular foramen is one of the two (left and right) large foramina (openings) in the base of the skull, located behind the carotid canal. It is formed...
- anatomy, the omental foramen (epiploic foramen, foramen of Winslow after the anatomist Jacob B. Winslow, or uncommonly aditus; Latin: Foramen epiploi****) is...
- The foramen ovale (Latin: oval window) is a hole in the posterior part of the sphenoid bone, posterolateral to the foramen rotundum. It is one of the larger...
- The foramen spinosum is a small open hole in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that gives p****age to the middle meningeal artery and vein, and the...
- post-birth via the foramen ovale; however, when this does not naturally close after birth it is referred to as a patent (open) foramen ovale (PFO). It is...
- The intervertebral foramen (also neural foramen) (often abbreviated as IV foramen or IVF) is an opening between (the intervertebral notches of) two pedicles...
- structures in the human body with the name foramen ovale (plural: foramina ovalia; Latin for "oval hole"): Foramen ovale (heart), in the fetal heart, a shunt...
- The stylomastoid foramen is a foramen between the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone of the skull. It is the termination of the facial...