Landmark · Skeletal system
Vertebral foramen
Foramen vertebrale
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Abdomen, Back
- Landmark on
- Vertebra L3
DescriptionUnreviewed
In a typical vertebra, the vertebral foramen is the foramen (opening) formed by the anterior segment (the body), and the posterior part, the vertebral arch. The vertebral foramen begins at cervical vertebra #1 (C1 or atlas) and continues inferior to lumbar vertebra #5 (L5). The vertebral foramen houses the spinal cord and its meninges.
This large tunnel running up and down inside all of the vertebrae contains the spinal cord and is typically called the spinal canal, not the vertebral foramen.
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Names
- Latin
- Foramen vertebrale
- English
- Vertebral foramen
- French
- Foramen vertébral
- Spanish
- Foramen vertebral
- Portuguese
- Forame vertebral