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Look up <i>foramen</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <p>In <a href="/facts/Anatomy/p8TCWJuV">anatomy</a> and <a href="/facts/Osteology/gnPKBSUT">osteology</a>, a foramen is an opening or enclosed gap within the <a href="/facts/Dense_connective_tissue/fqFkPCb1">dense connective tissue</a> (<a href="/facts/Bone/kwJaR6IQ">bones</a> and <a href="/facts/Deep_fascia/aeFVf4Ed">deep fasciae</a>) of extant and extinct <a href="/facts/Amniote/TeLtDTrJ">amniote</a> <a href="/facts/Animal/4b8J33nd">animals</a>, typically to allow passage of <a href="/facts/Nerves/q7GsAfYV">nerves</a>, <a href="/facts/Artery/Y1Yj0jat">arteries</a>, <a href="/facts/Veins/I6ycr6gF">veins</a> or other <a href="/facts/Soft_tissue/cHBwqLpP">soft tissue</a> structures (e.g. <a href="/facts/Muscle/dmxrL8pH">muscle</a> <a href="/facts/Tendon/M0Kdf7Fy">tendon</a>) from one body compartment to another. </p>