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A transverse foramen is located on the transverse process of cervicle vertebra.

The vertebral foramen is the large (more anterior) opening in the body of a vertebra through which the "spinal chord" passes.

when the vertebra are stacked in the vertebral column, the series of vertebral foramen is called the vertebral canal.

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