intervertebral foramen
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Introduction
One of a number of openings into the vertebral canal bounded by:
- the pedicles of adjacent vertebrae above & below
- the vertebral body
- intervertebral disk anteriorly
- zygapophyseal joint posteriorly.
More general terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.