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Intervertebral foramina
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Main page The intervertebral foramen (also called neural Contents Intervertebral foramina Featured content foramina, and often abbreviated as IV foramina Current events or IVF), is a foramen between two spinal Random article vertebrae. Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar Donate to Wikipedia vertebrae all have intervertebral foramina. Wikipedia store The foramina, or openings, are present between Interaction every pair of vertebrae in these areas. A number Help of structures pass through the foramen. These are About Wikipedia the root of each spinal nerve, dorsal root ganglion, Community portal the spinal artery of the segmental artery, Recent changes communicating veins between the internal and Contact page external plexuses, recurrent meningeal (sinu- Tools vertebral) nerves, and transforaminal ligaments.
What links here When the spinal vertebrae are articulated with Related changes each other the bodies form a strong pillar for the Upload file support of the head and trunk, and the vertebral Special pages Permanent link foramen constitutes a canal for the protection of Page information the medulla spinalis (spinal cord). Peculiar thoracic vertebrae. Intervertebral foramina are indicated by arrows. Wikidata item The size of the foramina is variable due to Cite this page placement, pathology, spinal loading, and posture.
Print/export Foramina can be occluded by arthritic Create a book degenerative changes and space-occupying Download as PDF lesions like tumors, metastases and spinal disc Printable version herniations.
Languages Specifically the intervertebral foramen is bound by Deutsch the superior notch of the adjacent vertebra, the Español inferior notch of the vertebra, the vertebral body, and facet joints on the transverse process of the فارسی Français vertebra. 한국어 Magyar Sacrum, pelvic surface. (The two columns of Nederlands References [edit] four holes are the intervertebral foramina of Português This article incorporates text in the public domain sacrum, visible but not labeled.) 中文 Edit links from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918) Details
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Identifiers foramen intervertebrale (pl. foramina External links [edit] Latin intervertebralia) Photo of model at Waynesburg College Dorlands f_12/12373154 skeleton2/intervertebralforamen /Elsevier Diagram at emory.edu TA A02.2.01.008 "Anatomy diagram: 06363.008-2" . Roche FMA 75346 Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Anatomical terms of bone Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. [edit on Wikidata]
v · t · e Bones of torso [hide] Body · Arch (pedicle · lamina · notch) · Vertebral foramen · General structure Intervertebral foramina · Processes (transverse · articular · spinous) · Spinal canal Uncinate process of vertebra · Transverse foramen · Anterior tubercle · Carotid tubercle · Posterior tubercle · Atlas Cervical vertebrae (lateral mass · anterior arch · posterior arch) · Axis (dens) · Vertebra prominens Costal facets (superior · inferior · transverse) · Vertebrae Thoracic vertebrae Uncinate process of vertebra
Lumbar vertebrae Processes (accessory · mammillary) Base (sacral promontory) · Ala of sacrum · Lateral surface (sacral tuberosity) · Pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina) · Sacrum Dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina) · Median sacral crest · Medial sacral crest · Lateral sacral crest · Sacral canal (sacral hiatus)
Coccyx Coccygeal cornu Ribs (true ribs · false ribs · floating ribs) · Parts (angle · tubercle · Rib cage costal groove · neck · head) Suprasternal notch · Manubrium · Sternal angle · Body of sternum · Thorax Sternum Xiphisternal joint · Xiphoid process Thoracic inlet · Thoracic outlet · Intercostal space · Costal margin · Thoracic cage Infrasternal angle
Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918) Bones of the thorax
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