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1
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What determines the length of the intervertebral foramen?

A

the width of the pedicle

2
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What is the average height of the intervertebral foramen?

A

about 13mm

3
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What percent of the total vertebral column does “true” intervertebral foramina height from C2-S1 equal?

A

40%

4
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What percent of total vertebral column length does all intervertebral foramina height from occiput -Co1 equal?

A

53%

5
Q

What are the generic contents of the intervertebral foamen?

A

neural tissue, connective tissue, vascular tissue, lymphatic tissue

6
Q

What are medullary feeder arteries?

A

enlarged radicular arteries join the arterial vasa corona to provide blood for the spinal cord

7
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What is the name of the largest medullary feeder artery?

A

the artery of Adamkiewicz or the arteria radicalis magna anterior

8
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What are the characteristics of the Artery of Adamkiewicz?

A

it is left side, anterior medullary feeder artery, located in the T9/T10 intervertebral foramen, and the primary vascular supply to the lumbar enlargement

9
Q

What veins drain the nerve roots toward the intervertebral foramen?

A

the anterior and posterior radicular veins

10
Q

What venous plexus lies next to the posterior longitudinal ligament?

A

the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus

11
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What will the intervertebral veins drain into?

A

the external vertebral venous plexus or Batson’s plexus

12
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What is a unique histological feature of the veins of the vertebral column?

A

the appear to lack valves

13
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What size lymphatic vessels lie in the intervertebral foramen?

A

medium sized lymphatics

14
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What type(s) of connective tissue will be present in the intervertebral foreman?

A

adipose tissue and loose areolar connective tissue