- 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...
- anatomy, the
omental foramen (epiploic
foramen,
foramen of
Winslow after the
anatomist Jacob B. Winslow, or
uncommonly aditus; Latin:
Foramen epiploi****) is...
- 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...
- 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
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...
- The
intervertebral foramen (also
neural foramen) (often
abbreviated as IV
foramen or IVF) is an
opening between (the
intervertebral notches of) two pedicles...
- The
foramen rotundum is a
circular hole in the
sphenoid bone of the skull. It
connects the
middle cranial fossa and the
pterygopalatine fossa. It allows...
- In
human anatomy, the
infraorbital foramen is one of two
small holes in the skull's
upper jawbone (maxillary bone),
located below the eye
socket and to...
