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What is a foramen?

What is a foramen? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) an opening, an orifice; a short passage.
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Located at the base of the skull, the medulla oblongata is continuous with the spinal cord at the foramen magnum.
Lateral surfaces of the centrum longitudinally concave and transversally rounded, one foramen on each side.
Archerops further differs from Coelops species in its tall zygomatic process, smaller foramen ovale, and very narrow antorbital bar.
The jugular foramen may be divided into two parts by intrajugular processes.
Neither specimen shows evidence of an incisive foramen or other vacuity in the parts of the palatal process that are preserved.
Above the buttress is the oculomotor myodome, with the foramen for the oculomotor nerve.

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