| Ferrein's foramen | The opening on the anterior aspect of the petrous part of the temporal bone which leads to the facial canal and gives passage to the greater petrosal nerve. Synonym: hiatus canalis nervi petrosi majoris, fallopian hiatus, Ferrein's foramen, hiatus canalis facialis, hiatus of canal for greater petrosal nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| zygomaticofacial foramen | The opening on the lateral surface of the zygomatic bone below the orbital margin that transmits the zygomaticofacial nerve. Synonym: foramen zygomaticofaciale, malar foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zygomatico-orbital foramen | The common opening on the orbital surface of the zygomatic bone of the canals transmitting the zygomaticofacial and zygomaticotemporal nerves; sometimes each of these canals has a separate opening on the orbital surface. Synonym: foramen zygomatico-orbitale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zygomaticotemporal foramen | The opening, on the temporal surface of the zygomatic bone, of the canal that gives passage to the zygomaticotemporal nerve. Synonym: foramen zygomaticotemporale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacerated foramen | <anatomy> An irregular aperture, filled with cartilage (basilar cartilage) in the living, located between the apex of the petrous part of the temporal bone, the body of the sphenoid, and the basilar part of the occipital bones. Several structures pass along the margins of the foramen in a nearly horizontal direction but no structures pass through vertically. Synonym: foramen lacerum medium, lacerated foramen, sphenotic foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen | <anatomy> A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra. Foramen of Monro, the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum. Origin: L, fr. Forare to bore, pierce. (04 Apr 1998) |
| foramen apicis dentis | The opening at the apex of the root of a tooth that gives passage to the nerve and blood vessels. Synonym: foramen apicis dentis, apical dental foramen, root foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen bursae omentalis majoris | <anatomy, embryology> A foramen produced by two folds of peritoneum, that covering the common/proper hepatic artery on the right and that covering the left gastric artery on the left, which encroach upon and constrict the omental bursa. It forms a communication between the superior recess of the lesser sac which lies above it and the remainder of the omental bursa. (12 Sep 2002) |
| foramen costotransversarium | An opening between the neck of a rib and the transverse process of a vertebra, occupied by the costotransverse ligament. Synonym: foramen costotransversarium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen diaphragmatis sellae | <anatomy> A hole in the centre of the diaphragm of the sella turcica giving passage to the infundibulum of the hypothalamus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen epiploicum | <anatomy> An alternate term for epiploic foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen ethmoidale | Either of two foramina formed by grooves on either edge of the ethmoidal notch of the frontal bone, and completed by similar grooves on the ethmoid bone: anterior ethmoidal foramen, located in an anterior position; posterior ethmoidal foramen located in a posterior position. Synonym: foramen ethmoidale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen frontale | An occasional small opening in the supraorbital margin of the frontal bone medial to the supraorbital foramen. Synonym: foramen frontale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen incisivum | One of several (usually four) openings of the incisive canals into the incisive fossa. Synonym: foramen incisivum, incisor foramen, Stensen's foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| foramen infraorbitale | The external opening of the infraorbital canal, on the anterior surface of the body of the maxilla. Synonym: foramen infraorbitale. (05 Mar 2000) |