Foramen
Foramen In anatomy, a foramen is any opening. Examples Skull Foramen magnum (bottom of the skull) Foramen rotundum Foramen lacerum Foramen ovale (skull) Foramen spinosum ...
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Jugular foramen
Jugular foramen Jugular foramen Base of skull. Inferior surface. (label for jugular foramen is at right, third from the bottom ... Behind the carotid canal is the jugular foramen, a large aperture, formed in front by ...
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Mental foramen
Mental foramen Mental foramen Mandible. Outer surface. Side view. [[Image:{{{Image2 ... s subject # System MeSH [1] The mental foramen is a foramen in the mandible. It permits passage of ...
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Stylomastoid foramen
Stylomastoid foramen Stylomastoid foramen Left temporal bone. Inferior surface. [[Image:{{{Image2 ... styloid and mastoid processes is the stylomastoid foramen; it is the termination of the facial ...
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Foramen rotundum
Foramen rotundum Foramen rotundum of Sphenoid Sphenoid bone. Upper surface ... the Sphenoid is a circular aperture, the foramen rotundum, for the transmission of the maxillary ...
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Foramen spinosum
Foramen spinosum Gray's Fig. 191 - Horizontal section of nasal and orbital cavities. The foramen spinosum is the foramen in the skull that permits the passage ...
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Obturator foramen
Obturator foramen Obturator foramen Right hip bone. External surface. (Obturator foramen visible near bottom) [[Image:|250px|center|]] Latin foramen obturatum Gray's subject #57 237 System MeSH [1] The obturator foramen is the hole created by the ...
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Foramen ovale
Foramen ovale There are two foramina ovale (singular: foramen ovale; Latin for "circular hole") in the ... human body. In the fetal heart, the foramen ovale is a shunt from the right ... At the base of the skull, the foramen ovale transmits the mandibular nerve, otic ganglion ...
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Foramen lacerum
Foramen lacerum Foramen lacerum Base of the skull. Upper surface ... s subject #47 System MeSH [1] The foramen lacerum (Latin for lacerated piercing) is a ... the internal carotid artery passes through the foramen lacerum. However, in vivo the foramen is actually occluded by cartilage, preventing ...
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Mandibular foramen
Mandibular foramen Gray's Fig. 190 - The skull from the front. The Mandibular foramen is an opening on the internal surface ... inferior alveolar nerve and artery enter the foramen traveling through the body and exit at the mental foramen on the anterior mandible at which point ...
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