| intervertebral foramen |
the hole created when two vertebrae are placed together. as a spinal nerve branches from the spinal cord, it exits through this hole and travels to muscle
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| intervertebral foramen |
An opening, hole or passageway in a bone for blood vessels or nerves. On each side of the vertebral column there is an opening between each vertebrae that enables the spinal nerve roots to pass through. It is this hole or opening that gets constricted when there is a misalignment of a vertebra, disc bulging, and/or inflammed facet ligaments which as a result can irritate the spinal nerve exiting from the spinal cord at that level.
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| intervertebral foramen |
correctly defines the space through which the exiting spinal nerve traverses. It is prefixed by its two adjacent segments (ie, L5-S1 intervertebral Foramen). It is incorrect to call this foramen either the
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