Foramen

Foramen is a common part of the name of the anatomical nomenclature (from Latin foramen , "opening", "hole"; plural foramina ) and stands for:

• Apical foramen , opening at the tip of the tooth's root
• Foramen caecum (from Latin caecus , "blind"), a "blind ending hole"
  • Foramen caecum linguae, on the back of the tongue, see tongue
  • Foramen caecum, in the brain stem, see Medulla oblongata
  • Foramen caecum ossis frontalis, on the inner surface of the frontal bone, see frontal bone
  • Foramen caecum dentis , an indentation on the tooth surfaces of the upper incisors
• Infraorbital foramen , lower eye hole in the upper jaw
• Foramen lacerum , in the base of the skull
• Foramen magnum , large occipital hole at the base of the skull
• Foramen mandibulae , on the inside of the ascending branch of the lower jaw
• Mental foramen , chin hole on the outside of the lower jaw
• Foramen Monroi, connecting hole in the internal liquor space of the brain, see cerebral ventricle
• Foramen nutricium , feeding hole in the shell of long bones
• Foramen orbitorotundum, in the middle of the skull, see sphenoid bone
• Foramen ovale (heart) , foramen ovale (skull) , foramen ovale (shoulder)
• Parietal foramen , foramina parietalia permagna , on the upper edge of the parietal bone
• Supraorbital foramen , in the frontal bone above the eyebrows
• Foramen transversarium, transverse process hole, see cervical vertebra
• Vertebral foramen, vertebral hole, see vertebrae (anatomy)
• Foramen of the retina , holes in the retina of different shape (horseshoe, oval, round) and cause

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.