Skip to content
Vinony
English
EnglishBahasa IndonesiaEspañolFrançaisNederlandsPolskiPortuguêsالعربية
EntityQ136227757· pop 12· linked from 292 articles

foramen

Sign in to save

Also known as foramina, foramens

In anatomy and osteology, a foramen (; : foramina, or foramens ; ) is an opening or enclosed gap within the dense connective tissue (bones and deep fasciae) of extant and extinct amniote animals, typically to allow passage of nerves, arteries, veins or other soft tissue structures (e.g. muscle tendon) from one body compartment to another.

Wikidata facts

Image
Greater sciatic foramen.png
Show 1 more fact
found in taxon
amniote
Sources (5)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Skull
  • Spine
  • Other
  • See also
  • References

In anatomy and osteology, a foramen (; : foramina, or foramens ; ) is an opening or enclosed gap within the dense connective tissue (bones and deep fasciae) of extant and extinct amniote animals, typically to allow passage of nerves, arteries, veins or other soft tissue structures (e.g. muscle tendon) from one body compartment to another.

==Skull==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “foramen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Available in 12 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0