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3 days ago · The vertebra provides several crucial functions to the body. First, it acts as a structural component of the spine, bearing body weight, anchoring muscles and the spinal cord, and forming joints with other vertebrae and ribs that allow the torso and neck to move. Second, the vertebra protects the delicate tissues of the spinal cord by ...
- Cervical Vertebrae
Among the vertebrae of the spinal column, the cervical...
- Cervical Vertebrae
2 days ago · The spinal cord is vulnerable to injury arising in the structures that surrounds it. More than in any other part of the nervous system, pathologic lesions impinging on the spinal cord often originate in the membranes or vertebral column that surrounds it.
3 days ago · The spinal column formed by the thoracic vertebrae protrudes posteriorly to form the convex thoracic curve of the spine. The thoracic vertebrae are medium in size --- larger and thicker than the cervical vertebrae above them, but smaller and thinner than the lumbar vertebrae below.
5 days ago · The L3 vertebra is in the middle of the five (5) lumbar vertebrae in the lower back portion of the spinal column. Because of the substantial weight-bearing role of the L3, a role it shares with all the lumbar vertebrae, this bone's vertebral arch and cylindrical centrum (vertebral body) are massively built-among the largest of the moveable vertebrae.
4 days ago · However, the spinal cord is shorter than the spinal column, and so the lumbar region of the spinal cord actually corresponds to the lower thoracic spine, and the sacral region of the cord is housed in a short region called the conus medullaris at about the level of the L1-L2 vertebrae. Throughout the spine, dorsal roots enter and ventral roots exit through the neural foramina of the vertebrae ...
4 days ago · Read chapter Appendix C of Clinical Neuroanatomy, 29e online now, exclusively on AccessNeurology. AccessNeurology is a subscription-based resource from McGraw Hill that features trusted medical content from the best minds in medicine.
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5 days ago · Clinical presentation. Tethered cord syndrome is a clinical diagnosis based on neurologic deterioration involving the lower spinal cord 7. Patients may present with any combination of the following 4: progressive leg weakness or sensory loss. disturbance of bowel or bladder function. low back pain or sciatica. spinal deformities such as scoliosis.
