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Intervertebral foramina.

The left an right pedicles have notches on their inferior and superior surfaces that create openings, the intervertebral foramina, for spinal nerves to leave the spinal cord between adjacent vertebra.

-human a&p lab manual, E. Marieb and S. Mitchell copyright 2011, 2008, 2006 Pearson Ed.

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