foramen

Introduction

An opening through a bone or membrane.

More general terms

• anatomic structure

More specific terms

• alveolar foramina of maxilla
• anterior ethmoidal foramen
• aortic hiatus/foramen/aperture/opening
• condylar canal
• costotransverse foramen
• esophageal hiatus (aperture or opening)
• foramen cecum of frontal bone (blind/cecal foramen of frontal bone)
• foramen cecum of tongue (blind/cecal foramen of tongue)
• foramen lacerum
• foramen magnum
• foramen of Magnedie
• foramen ovale
• foramen rotundum
• foramen spinosum
• greater palatine foramen
• hyoglossal canal or foramen
• incisive/incisor/Stensen foramen
• inferior orbital fissure
• infraorbital foramen (canal)
• intervertebral foramen
• jugular foramen
• lacrimal foramen
• lesser/posterior palatine foramen
• mandibular foramen (canal)
• mastoid foramen
• mental foramen
• morgagni foramen
• obturator foramen
• omental foramen (epiploic foramen, foramen of Winslow)
• optic canal (foramen)
• ostium primum (interatrial foramen primum)
• ostium secundum (interatrial foramen secundum)
• parietal foramen
• pleuroperitoneal hiatus (Bochdalek foramen)
• posterior ethmoidal foramen
• postglenoid foramen
• sacral foramina
• sphenoid foramen ovale
• sphenoidal emissary foramen (venous/Vesalius foramen)
• sphenopalatine foramen
• sternal foramen
• stylomastoid foramen
• superior orbital fissure (sphenoidal formamen)
• supraorbital foramen (notch)
• transverse foramen; vertebroarterial foramen; foramen of transverse process
• vena caval foramen (caval opening of diaphragm, caval foramen)
• vertebral foramina
• zygomaticofacial foramen