The intervertebral foramen (also neural foramen) (often abbreviated as IV foramen or IVF) is an opening between (the intervertebral notches of) two pedicles...

nerves. The body of the vertebra and the vertebral arch form the vertebral foramen, the larger, central opening that accommodates the spinal canal, which...

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enlarges the vertebral foramen to increase the size of the nerve pathway. This surgery can be done alone or with a laminotomy. Intervertebral disc annuloplasty...

thoracic vertebra (T8)/the intervertebral disc between T8 and T9 vertebrae. It is situated slightly to the right of the midline. "foramen venae cavae". TheFreeDictionary...

radiculopathy (due to compression of exiting spinal nerve by narrowed intervertebral foramen) or myelopathy (due to compression on the spinal cord) can occur...

distinguished from those of the thoracic or lumbar regions by the presence of a foramen (hole) in each transverse process, through which the vertebral artery,...

the posterior lumbocostal triangle, although rarely through the anterior foramen of Morgagni. The contents of the abdomen, including the intestines, may...

foramen, a major foramen of the pelvis Interventricular foramen, channels connecting ventricles in the brain Intervertebral foramen, foramina formed between...

foot foramen foramen lacerum foramen magnum foramen of Luschka foramen of Magendie foramen of Monro foramen ovale (heart) foramen ovale (skull) foramen rotundum...

performed to relieve the symptoms of nerve root compression in cases where the foramen is being compressed by bone, disc, scar tissue, or excessive ligament development...

compression of a nerve root usually at the exit foramen or lateral recess. It may be secondary to intervertebral disk herniation (most commonly at C7 and then...

of each pedicle is a vertebral notch, which forms the lower part of the foramen between the last lumbar and first sacral vertebrae. The apex is directed...

small hole (enclosed by the pedicle of the vertebral below) called intervertebral foramen, which transmit the corresponding spinal nerve and dorsal root ganglion...

runs obliquely through the fibers of the right crus toward the vena caval foramen. This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 405 of the...

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interval between two adjacent pedicles on either side creating an intervertebral foramen (allowing the passage of the spinal nerves and radicular blood vessels)...

Spinal nerves, with the exception of C1 and C2, form inside the intervertebral foramen. These rootlets form the demarcation between the central and peripheral...

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surround and protect the spinal cord. The intervertebral foramen is small, and circular, with two at each intervertebral level, one for the right and one for...

12th left posterior intercostal artery, enters through the L2-L3 intervertebral foramen to join the anterior spinal artery and supply much of the inferior...

with pain by the nape and left shoulder, showing a stenosis in the intervertebral foramen of cervical spinal nerve 4, corresponding with the affected dermatome...

spinal nerve emerges from the spinal column through an opening (intervertebral foramen) between adjacent vertebrae. This is true for all spinal nerves...

process, transverse process (wings), articular process, vertebral foramen, intervertebral foramina, atlas (C1), axis (C2), dens, and ventral lamina (C6)...

trunk. They then re-enter the intervertebral foramen, and innervate the facet joints, the anulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc, and the ligaments and...

portion of the head, neck and back. A spinal nerve splits within the intervertebral foramen to form a dorsal ramus and a ventral ramus. The dorsal ramus then...

a narrow foramen magnum, and relatively small skull base. The vertebral bodies are short and flattened with relatively large intervertebral disk height...

opening (foramen), the greater sciatic foramen, and also converts the lesser sciatic notch into the lesser sciatic foramen. The greater sciatic foramen lies...

degenerative process. Even small changes to the facet joint can narrow the intervertebral foramen, possibly impinging on the spinal nerve roots within. More advanced...

Transforaminal ligaments are inconstant ligaments that extend through an intervertebral foramen. They are thought to protect the adjacent spinal nerve and vessels...