Arteriosclerotic Aortic Disease. Atherosclerosis is a major cause of abdominal aortic aneurysm and is the most common kind of arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. This disease process can be seen in any blood vessel in the body and is the cause of coronary artery disease, stroke, and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). How Atherosclerosis Develops
Evaluation, education or treatment locations: The fine white line surrounds the neural foramen or doorway through which the spinal nerves leave the spinal canal to spread out into the body.
1 Thecal sac refers to the the sac which is a membrane (called dura mater) that contains the spinal cord and cerebrospinal fluid. 2  All this statement implies is that the disc bulge is contacting the membrane that contains the spinal cord.  3 minimal narrowing of the neuro foramina - probably you meant neural foramina. At each level in the spine where there is a disc, right and left nerve roots come out to innervate tissues in the body. 2  The holes that they come out are called neural foramina. 3  This statement means that the size, or diameter, of those holes has been minimally narrowed by this diffuse disc bulge.