Which of the following is incorrect pertaining to the neurovascular supply of the vertebral column?
A) The vertebral bodies are supplied exclusively by the anterior and posterior spinal arteries.
B) Venous drainage is to both internal (within the vertebral canal) and external venous plexuses.
C) Zygapophyseal joints are supplied by medial branches of posterior rami of spinal nerves.
D) Pain fibers from the ligamentum flavum are conveyed by (recurrent) meningeal branches of spinal nerves.
E) Proprioceptive fibers from the anterior longitudinal ligament are conveyed by (recurrent) meningeal branches of spinal nerves.
Ans: A
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