Foramen

{fo7–a’-7nen) [for are, to pierce]. poultice. Also the substance applied. A perforation or opening, especially in a bone. TABLE OF FORAMINA. Name. Location. Transmits. Auditory, external. The external meatus of the auditory canal. Sound-waves to tympanic membrane. Auditory, internal. The petrous portion of temporal bone. The auditory and facial nerves. Of Bichat. Connects subarachnoid space and third ventricle (?). Cerebrospinal fluid. Of Botallo. Between the two auricles in the fetal heart. ch326.xhtml c 280