Research Article
Dimensions and Anatomical Variants of the Foramen Transversarium of Typical Cervical Vertebrae
Table 1
Dimensions of transverse foramina of C3–C6 vertebrae.
| Dimension | Range (mm) | Mean (mm) ± S.D. |
| Transverse diameter | | | Right | 2.00–8.65 | 5.69 ± 1.04 | Left | 2.62–7.89 | 5.87 ± 0.89 | Anteroposterior diameter | | | Right | 2.19–7.21 | 5.17 ± 0.89 | Left | 2.51–6.81 | 5.13 ± 0.79 | Mean diameter | | | Right | 2.54–7.79 | 5.55 ± 0.87 | Left | 2.65–7.35 | 5.48 ± 0.77 | Distance from medial border of uncinate process to transverse foramen | | | Right | 3.5–7.9 | 5.0 ± 0.87 | Left | 3.2–7.7 | 5.0 ± 1.0 |
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