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.
A foramen (passageway) is formed by two pedicle projections and is meant to protect a nerve root. However, the degeneration of an intervertebral disc can cause disc material to compress, or impinge, a nerve traveling through a foramen.