Difference between revisions of "SPINE-INTERVERTEBRAL FORAMEN"
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SUMMARY
1. Produced between adjacent pedicles which form the upper and lower boundaries of each foramen
2. In the thoracic & lumbar spines, it is bounded anteriorly by the lower part of the adjacent vertebra & intervertebral disc, posteriorly by the facet & facet joint capsule
3. The intervertebral foramina lodge the spinal nerve roots, dorsal root ganglia, spinal arteries, veins, recurrent meningeal nerve, fat & lymphatics.
Image: Case courtesy of OpenStax College, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 42770.
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. Get it on Amazon.
Drake, Richard L., et al. Gray's Anatomy for Students. Elsevier, 2023. Get it on Amazon.
