Medical Dictionary

vertebral notch

noun

Medical Definition of VERTEBRAL NOTCH

:  either of two concave constrictions of which one occurs on the inferior surface and one on the superior surface of the pedicle on each side of a vertebra and which are arranged so that the superior notches of one vertebra and the corresponding inferior notches of a contiguous vertebra combine to form an intervertebral foramen on each side

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