The foramen magnum (Latin: great hole) is a large, oval-shaped opening in the occipital bone of the skull. It is one of the several oval or circular openings...

front of the foramen magnum and directed towards the pharynx. The squamous part is the curved, expanded plate behind the foramen magnum and is the largest...

cranial fossa is the part of the cranial cavity located between the foramen magnum, and tentorium cerebelli. It is formed by the sphenoid bones, temporal...

Thoracic duct Esophagus Sympathetic trunk/ganglia. Contents of the foramen magnum: VAMPS-AT-SD or VAMPires Sing AT SD card Vertebral arteries Anterior...

downward displacement of one or both cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum (the opening at the base of the skull). CMs can cause headaches, difficulty...

occipital bone (also basioccipital) extends forward and upward from the foramen magnum, and presents in front an area more or less quadrilateral in outline...

human hand Magnum (rocket), a rocket designed by NASA during the 1990s Magnum (satellite), a class of U.S. reconnaissance satellite Foramen magnum, a large...

The squamous part of occipital bone is situated above and behind the foramen magnum, and is curved from above downward and from side to side. The external...

neurocranium is a complex of openings (foramina) and bones, including the foramen magnum which houses the neural spine. The auditory bullae, located in the same...

as the falx cerebri, the tentorium cerebelli, and even through the foramen magnum (the hole in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord connects...