Meningeal branches of spinal nerve

Meningeal branches of spinal nerves
Meningeal branches of spinal nerves
Details
From	Spinal nerve
Innervates	intraspinal ligaments, vertebral periosteum, anulus fibrosus, zygapophysial joint capsules
Identifiers
TA98	A14.2.00.032
TA2	6148
FMA	76729
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The meningeal branches of the spinal nerves (also known as recurrent meningeal nerves, sinuvertebral nerves, or recurrent nerves of Luschka) are a number of small nerves that branch from the segmental spinal nerve near the origin of the anterior and posterior rami, but before the rami communicans; rami communicantes are branches which communicate between the spinal nerves and the sympathetic trunk. They then re-enter the intervertebral foramen, and innervate the facet joints, the anulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc, and the ligaments and periosteum of the spinal canal, carrying pain sensation. The nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disk has no pain innervation.

References

Drake RL, Vogl W, Mitchell AWM. Gray's Anatomy for Students. New York: Elsevier; 2005:69-70.
Ropper AH, Samuels MA. Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology. Ninth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill; 2009.

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v t e Spinal nerves
Cervical	C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 anterior Cervical plexus Brachial plexus posterior Posterior branches of cervical nerves Suboccipital – C1 Greater occipital – C2 Third occipital – C3
Thoracic	T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 anterior Intercostal Intercostobrachial – T2 Thoraco-abdominal nerves – T7–T11 Subcostal – T12 posterior Posterior branches of thoracic nerves
Lumbar	L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 anterior Lumbar plexus Lumbosacral trunk posterior Posterior branches of the lumbar nerves Superior cluneal L1–L3
Sacral	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 anterior Sacral plexus posterior Posterior branches of sacral nerves Medial cluneal nerves
Coccygeal	anterior Coccygeal plexus posterior Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve