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foramen
(redirected from vertebral foramen)

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Vertebral body: trabecular bone, nutrient foramen, end plate Intervertebral joint: nucleus pulposus, annulus fibrosus Vertebral foramen and its contents: thecal sac conus
This migration may result in a "bulge" or "contained herniation" of the annulus fibrosus into the vertebral foramen or radicular canal.
[6,7] People with lumbar spinal stenosis generally have reduced lower-extremity symptoms when their spine is flexed because this posture allows the vertebral foramen to open up, thereby diminishing or eradicating the neural compression.
 
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