Landmark · Skeletal system
Posterior sacral foramina
Foramina sacralia posteriora
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Abdomen, Pelvis, Back
- Landmark on
- Sacrum
DescriptionUnreviewed
The four posterior sacral foramina are smaller in size and less regular in form than tthe anterior sacral foramina, and transmit the posterior divisions of the sacral nerves to the intervertebral foramina.
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Names
- Latin
- Foramina sacralia posteriora
- English
- Posterior sacral foramina
- French
- Foramens sacraux postérieurs
- Spanish
- Forámenes sacros posteriores
- Portuguese
- Forame sacral posterior