See Also: anterior crural nerve(medicine)
anterior crural region(medicine)
crural interosseous nerve(medicine)
medial crural cutaneous branches of saphenous nerve(medicine)
anterior vertebral vein(medicine)
anterior vertebral scalloping(medicine)
vertebral nerve(medicine)
anterior tibial nerve(medicine)
anterior ampullar nerve(medicine)
anterior supraclavicular nerve(medicine)

vertebral arch (medicine) and anterior crural nerve (medicine)


vertebral arch (medicine)


vertebral arch


The posterior projection from the body of a vertebra that encloses the vertebral foramen; it consists of paired pedicles and laminae; the spinous, transverse, and articular processes arise from the arch. In aggregate, the venous arches-and the ligamenta flava that unite them-form the posterior wall of the vertebral (spinal) canal.

Synonym: arcus vertebrae, neural arch.


anterior crural nerve (medicine)


anterior crural nerve -->
femoral nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A nerve originating in the lumbar spinal cord (usually l2 to l4) and traveling through the lumbar plexus to provide motor innervation to extensors of the thigh and sensory innervation to parts of the thigh, lower leg, and foot, and to the hip and knee joints.