- Meningeal branches of spinal nerve
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Nerve: Meningeal branches of spinal nerves Innervates intraspinal ligaments, vertebral periosteum, annulus fibrosus, zygapophysial joint capsules From Spinal nerve The meningeal branches of the spinal nerves (also known as recurrent meningeal nerves, sinuvertebral nerves, or recurrent nerves of Luschka) are a number of small nerves that branch from the spinal nerve (or the posterior ramus) near the origin of the anterior and posterior rami. They then re-enter the intervertebral foramen, and innervate the facet joints, the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disk, and the ligaments and periosteum of the spinal canal, carrying pain sensation. The nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disk has no pain innervation.
References
- Drake RL, Vogl W, Mitchell AWM. Gray's Anatomy for Students. New York: Elsevier; 2005:69-70.
- Ropper AH, Samuels MA. Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology. Ninth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill; 2009.
Nervous system (TA A14, GA 9) Central nervous system Peripheral nervous system Nerves: spinal nerves (TA A14.2, GA 9.916) Cervical (8) Thoracic (12) T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12
anterior (Intercostal, Intercostobrachial – T2, Thoraco-abdominal nerves – T7–T11, Subcostal – T12) – posterior (Posterior branches of thoracic nerves)Lumbar (5)
anterior (Lumbar plexus, Lumbosacral trunk) · posterior (Posterior branches of the lumbar nerves, Superior cluneal L1–L3)Sacral (5) Coccygeal (1) 
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