Foramen transversarium
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| Bone: Foramen transversarium | ||
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| A cervical vertebra. (Foramen transversarium labeled at upper left.) | ||
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| First cervical vertebra, or atlas. (Foramen transversarium labeled at center right.) | ||
| Latin | foramen transversarium | |
| Gray's | subject #21 98 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_12/12373778 | |
The foramen transversarium pierces the transverse processes of the seven cervical vertebrae. It gives passage to the vertebral artery and vein as wells as a plexus of sympathetic nerves in each of the vertebræ except the seventh, which lacks the artery.
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 Cervical vertebra |
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| Bones of torso |
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| sternum: manubrium, body of sternum, xiphoid process, suprasternal notch
rib: first rib, tenth rib, eleventh rib, twelfth rib, floating rib, false ribs, angle, tubercle, costal groove, neck, head general vertebral structures: body of vertebra, vertebral arch (pedicle, lamina, vertebral notch), foramina (vertebral, intervertebral), processes (transverse, articular, spinous) cervical vertebrae: C1 (anterior arch, posterior arch, lateral mass), C2 (dens), C7, anterior tubercle, posterior tubercle, foramen transversarium thoracic vertebrae: costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse) lumbar vertebrae: accessory process, mammillary process sacrum/coccyx: pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina, dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina, median sacral crest, medial sacral crest, lateral sacral crest), lateral surface, base, sacral hiatus |
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