Preferred Label : lateral recess;
Definition : The zone, within the vertebral canal, sagittally between the plane of the medial edges
of the pedicles and the plane of the medial edges of the facets, and coronally between
the planes of the posterior surfaces of the vertebral bodies and the under anterior
surfaces of the superior facets. Syn: lateral recess, posterolateral zone. Note: The
subarticular zone cannot be precisely delineated because the structures that define
the planes of the zone are irregular. The lateral recess refers more appropriately
to the space beneath the facet at the pedicular level than as synonymous with the
entire subarticular zone. AJNR;
Origin ID : RID6128;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
The zone, within the vertebral canal, sagittally between the plane of the medial edges
of the pedicles and the plane of the medial edges of the facets, and coronally between
the planes of the posterior surfaces of the vertebral bodies and the under anterior
surfaces of the superior facets. Syn: lateral recess, posterolateral zone. Note: The
subarticular zone cannot be precisely delineated because the structures that define
the planes of the zone are irregular. The lateral recess refers more appropriately
to the space beneath the facet at the pedicular level than as synonymous with the
entire subarticular zone. AJNR
