Foramen in the right anterior root of transverse process of a typical cervical vertebra

Received: 22-Jun-2013 Accepted Date: Feb 15, 2014; Published: 12-Jun-2014

Citation: © Int J Anat Var (IJAV). 2014; 7: 60–61.

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Abstract

The cervical vertebrae are the smallest vertebrae with a vertebral foramen and a foramen transversarium in each transverse process. The foramen transversarium transmits the vertebral artery with its accompanying veins and a sympathetic plexus from the lower cervical ganglion. In this case, a foramen was noticed in the right ventral bar of the transverse process of a typical cervical vertebra. The diameter of the foramen was 3.6 mm x 3.4 mm and was at a distance of 3.5 mm lateral to vertebral body. This foramen was entirely different from the accessory foramen transversarium. Neither standard textbooks nor journals of anatomy have reported such a foramen. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such a foramen, for which we propose the term of anterior root foramen.