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.
The lute was played in Europe for over 500 years and, for some of that time, was the most important musical instrument in European culture. The ancestor of the European lute is the north African and middle eastern musical instrument, the ud, (also spelled oud).