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What is Central canal and neural foramina are grossly patent throughout?
This means that the openings in the canal and foramina are normal in size, thus there is no restrictions that would cause any nerve problems.
What is a widely patent auditory canal?
The auditory canal is your inner ear - the part inside your cranium. Patent means open. A widely patent auditory canal would be one that is especially wide/open/large.
C7-t1 What is patent central canal and neural foramen?
It means the canal and foramina are normal in size and allows for nerves to pass through freely without restriction.
What does widely patent spinal canal mean?
It's good news -- no spinal stenosis.
What are the openings providing for exit of spinal nerves?
Vertebral foramen are the spaces between adjacent vertebrae where the spinal nerves exit the spinal canal.
With marked narrowing of the neural foramina?
The Neural Foramen are grooves in the vertebra, just behind the vertebral body that the nerves that branch off the spinal cord exit the spinal canal from. If they are grossly patent they are open, and free from obstruction, so there is no compression of the nerves that course through these channels.
Where is the sacral foramina?
The Sacral Canal runs throughout the greater part of the Sacral bone, The four Posterior Sacral Foramina are lateral to the articular processes of the Sacrum and are smaller in size and less regular in form than the anterior.
Through what part of a vertebra does the spinal cord pass?
The central canal of the spinal cord. The central canal, also known as ependymal canal, is the cerebrospinal fluid-filled space that runs longitudinally through the length of the entire spinal cord.
Central canal is patent?
The central canal of the spinal cord or bone is open and unobstructed, allowing for the passage of cerebrospinal fluid or blood vessels. This ensures proper communication and transport of essential substances in the central nervous system.
What its encroachment of the right and left foramina?
It's basically compression of your spine by the surrounding canal in the specific area your doctor is speaking of. Foramina, in this case, are the spaces in between your vertebrae. Encroachment is squeezing or compression of those spaces. I have bilateral bony foraminal encroachment of some of the disc spaces of my C spine. It doesn't normally bother me at all, though.
What does the meaning of genital canal in female?
vagina
What does this mean C2-c3 patent central canal and neural foramen?
This typically indicates that there is no obvious compression or narrowing of the central canal or neural foramen at the C2-C3 level of the spine. "Patent" means that these spaces are open and unobstructed. It suggests there are no significant structural abnormalities in this area.
