III. Vertebral Column/Spinal Column: Vertebral Foramen: C) Veins. (Pg. 20)

Question 1

What vessels drain the spinal cord?

Answer 1

pial veins

Question 2

What will pial veins drain into?

Answer 2

venous vasa corona

Question 3

Which vessels form the venous vasa corona?

Answer 3

anterior longitudinal veins, posterior longitudinal veins, and communicating veins

Question 4

Which vessels will drain the venous vasa corona?

Answer 4

anterior medullary veins, posterior medullary veins

Question 5

Which vessels will drain the ventral anterior nerve roots?

Answer 5

anterior radicular veins

Question 6

Which vessels will drain the dorsal/posterior nerve roots?

Answer 6

posterior radicular veins

Question 7

What vessel will drain the dorsal/posterior nerve root ganglion?

Answer 7

posterior radicular veins

Question 8

What veins are observed in the epidural space near the posterior longitudinal ligament?

Answer 8

anterior internal vertebral venous plexus, basivertebral vein

Question 9

fWhat luminal feature of the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus vessels may function like valves of typical veins?

Answer 9

trabeculae

Question 10

What veins are observed in the epidural space near the ligamentum flavum?

Answer 10

posterior internal vertebral venous plexus

Question 11

What venous vessels are identified in the intervertebral foramen?

Answer 11

intervertebral veins

Question 12

What is the unique feature of veins along the spinal canal?

Answer 12

they lack the bicuspid valve of typical veins