Flexion is accompanied by compression of the intervertebral discs, and by a slight forward movement of each vertebra on the one below it.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
The nerves are liable to be pressed upon as they pass through the intervertebral foramina, and this gives rise to pain and other disturbances of sensation in their area of distribution.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
The intervertebral foramina of the cervical spine are manifesting serial order with the cranial foramina.
"Surgical Anatomy"
Joseph Maclise