Meningeal branch of spinal nerve
Ramus meningeus nervi spinalis
- Latin synonym: Ramus recurrens nervi spinalis
- Synonym: Recurrent branch of spinal nerve
- Related terms: Meningeal branch; Meningeal branch; Recurrent branch
Definition
After emerging from the intervertebral foramen, each spinal nerve gives off a small meningeal branch which reënters the vertebral canal through the intervertebral foramen and supplies the vertebræ and their ligaments, and the bloodvessels of the medulla spinalis and its membranes.
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/).
