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.
lute 1. n. A stringed instrument having a body shaped like a pear sliced lengthwise and a neck with a fretted fingerboard that is usually bent just below the tuning pegs.oun. 1. lute-a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid. luting. sealing material-any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface.