A 28-year-old Indian male presents with a 5-month history of dull aching upper thoracic back pain, progressive kyphosis, constitutional symptoms (low-grade evening fevers, night sweats, weight loss), and recent bilateral lower limb weakness with hyperreflexia and extensor plantars. Examination reveals a visible gibbus deformity and exquisite tenderness over T8-T9. A frontal chest radiograph is shown. The structure marked **A** in the diagram demonstrates the characteristic anterior vertebral body destruction seen in Pott disease. Which of the following BEST explains why the anterior vertebral body is preferentially affected in tuberculous spondylitis?
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