SPINE-NERVE ROOT RELATIONSHIP TO PROLAPSED DISC
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SUMMARY
Throughout the lumbar vertebral column a paracentral disc herniation irritates the nerve root of the level below. E.g. L4/5 ⟹ L5 nerve root affected.
Image: Prolapsed intervertebral discs. Netter. (2014). Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixth Edition. 6th ed. Elsevier.
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.
