[TA] a branch from the initial (mixed) part of each spinal nerve passing in a recurrent fashion back through the intervertebral foramen to supply spinal meninges, the posterior longitudinal ligament, posterolateral periphery of the intervertebral disc, and periosteum of the vertebrae. SYN: ramus meningeus nervorum spinalium [TA], recurrent branch of spinal nerves*, recurrent meningeal branch of spinal nerves, sinuvertebral nerves.
