The large orifice in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes to the cranial cavity and becomes continuous with the medulla oblongata
The opening at either end of the alar canal, with the rostral alar foramen closer to the nose and the caudal or posterior alar foramen closer to the back of the skull
the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere
foramen
Hyphenation
fo·ra·men
Turkish pronunciation
fıreymın
Pronunciation
/fərˈāmən/ /fɜrˈeɪmən/
Etymology
[ f&-'rA-m&n ] (noun.) 1671. From Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”).