In a selective nerve root block, a small needle is placed in the foramen alongside the nerve root and the medication is injected. When the nerves in the foramina are irritated or pinched by a bulging disk, narrowed ânerve canalâ or bone spur, the resulting inflammation can cause pain, numbness, or tingling.
The corpus luteum (Latin for yellow body; plural corpora lutea) is a temporary endocrine structure in female mammals that is involved in the production of relatively high levels of progesterone and moderate levels of estradiol and inhibin A.
Arum maculatum Arum maculatum is a common woodland plant species of the Araceae family. It is widespread across temperate northern Europe and is known by an abundance of common names including wild arum, lords and ladies, devils and angels, cows and bulls, cuckoo-pint, Adam and Eve, bobbins, naked boys, starch-root and wake robin.