The Italy falls on the 10th spot of the 10 largest armies in the world. In 2010, they have spent a total of $37 billion for their army troops. While this budget is extremely high, the report showed a significant decrease in the defense budget of Italy compared to the previous years.
The foramen lacerum is term used to describe a triangular opening present at the base of the skull, situated in the middle cranial fossa between the top section of petrous temporal, the sphenoid, and the basilar section of occipital.
Foraminal narrowing, or foraminal stenosis, is a condition of the spine that can cause pain and other symptoms resulting from spinal nerve root compression. At every level of the spine, a pair of nerve roots runs through the spinal column via small openings called foramina (singular: foramen). When narrowing, or stenosis, occurs in the foramina, the space available for the nerve roots to pass is reduced.