Vertebral foramen
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| Vertebral foramen | |
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| A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Vertebral foramen is the large hole at the center.) | |
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| A cervical vertebra. (Vertebral foramen is the large hole at the center.) | |
| Latin | foramen vertebrale |
| Gray's | subject #20 96 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_12/12373829 |
In a typical vertebra, the vertebral foramen is the foramen formed by the anterior segment (the body), and the posterior part, the vertebral arch.
The vertebral foramen begins at cervical vertebrae #1 (atlas) and continues inferior to lumbar vertebrae #5. Within this foramen the spinal cord and associated meninges are housed.
[edit] External links
- SUNY Figs 02:01-06
- Dictionary at eMedicine Vertebral+foramen
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich back_bone16 - "Typical Lumbar Vertebra, Superior View; Lumbar Vertebral Column, Oblique Lateral View"
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general structures: body of vertebra, vertebral arch (pedicle, lamina, vertebral notch), foramina (vertebral, intervertebral), processes (transverse, articular, spinous) cervical vertebrae: C1 (anterior arch, posterior arch, lateral mass), C2 (dens), C7, posterior tubercle, foramen transversarium thoracic vertebrae: costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse) lumbar vertebrae: accessory process, mammillary process sacrum/coccyx: pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina, dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina, median sacral crest, medial sacral crest, lateral sacral crest), lateral surface, base, sacral hiatus |
