My Spine - Lumbar
Disc
Vertebra
B
D
A
C
Image used with permission from Medtronic
Figure 5.1
This image depicts spinal stenosis, a condition characterised by a narrowing
of the spinal canal.
The thickened ligament (A), called the ligamentum flavum, and the enlarged
joints (C) compress the bundle of nerves in the spinal canal, called the Cauda
Equina (B), as well as the single nerve root (D) leaving the spinal canal.
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