system that transports blood from the right ventricle to the lungs and back to the left atrium. Systemic Vessels. system that carries blood from the left ventricle to the tissues in all parts of the body and then returns the blood to the right atrium. arterioles.
Medicine and Healthcare. The short answer is yes. An epidural can mean an epidural anesthetic for child birth or surgery or an epidural steroid injection to treat back pain. Either way, the process of giving the shot in that area can occasionally cause pain. If the back pain was there before the shot, the shot was probably not involved.
An epidural injection is one of many methods doctors use to relieve pain, along with physical therapy, oral medications and surgery if a patient is not responding to conservative treatments. An epidural injection may be performed to alleviate pain caused by: 1  A herniated or bulging disk that impinges nerves causing pain. 2  Spinal stenosis. 3  Post-operative failed back surgery syndromes (chronic back or leg pain after spinal surgery) 4  Other injuries to spinal nerves, vertebrae and surrounding tissues. 5  Bone spurs.