The lumbar anterior epidural cavity: The posterior longitudinal ligament, the anterior ligaments of the dura mater and the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 274-281

  Plaisant, O ^a   Sarrazin, J L ^b   Cosnard, G ^b   Schill, H ^c   Gillot, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Radiologie et   (France)

^c Biologie Clinique   (France)

^d Institut d Anatomie   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior epidural cavity; Anterior internal vertebral venous plexus; Anterior ligaments of the dura mater; Magnetic resonance imaging; Posterior longitudinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

DISSECTION; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE; STAINING AND LABELING; VEINS;

EID: 0029797742     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147816     Document Type: Article

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