paravertebral /para·ver·te·bral/ (-ver´tĕ-br'l) beside the vertebral column.
paravertebral
par·a·ver·te·bral (p r  -vûr t-brl, -vr-t brl)adj. Located along a vertebra or the vertebral column. |
paravertebral
[-vur′təbrəl]
Etymology: Gk, para + L, vertebra, joint
pertaining to the area alongside the spinal column or near a vertebra.
paravertebral
near the vertebrae.
paravertebral block
a local anesthetic agent is injected close to emerging spinal nerves between the transverse lumbar processes to produce regional analgesia of the flank for the purpose of conducting a laparotomy. The approach to the nerves may be dorsal, the Cambridge or Farquharson method, or lateral, the Magda method. Called also the Cakala or Cornell technique. 
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Paravertebral block. By permission from Hall L, Clarke KW, Trim C, Veterinary Anaesthesia, Saunders, 2000
paravertebral ganglia
postganglionic sympathetic neurons synapse in these ganglia close to the aorta.
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