Intervertebral foramina
Foramina intervertebralia
Definition
The intervertebral foraminae of the sacrum are lateral openings in the sacral canal for the passage of the sacral spinal nerves, developped from the original superior and inferior notches of sacral vertebrae. They end in anterior and posterior sacral foramina.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
