Each vertebra (pl.: vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column...
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Thoracic vertebrae (redirect from Thoracic vertebra)
thoracic vertebra is larger than the first thoracic vertebra The thoracic spinal nerve 3 (T3) passes out underneath it. The fourth thoracic vertebra, together...
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Cervical vertebrae (redirect from Cervical vertebra)
In tetrapods, cervical vertebrae (sg.: vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull. Truncal vertebrae (divided into thoracic and...
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Lumbar vertebrae (redirect from Lumbar vertebra)
vertebrae. The fifth vertebra contains certain peculiarities, which are detailed below. As with other vertebrae, each lumbar vertebra consists of a vertebral...
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A limbus vertebra is a bone tubercle formed by bone trauma on a vertebral body, bearing a radiographic similarity to a vertebral fracture. The anterior-superior...
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Codfish vertebra refers to the biconcave appearance of the vertebra in sagittal radiographs due to pathological changes, such as demineralisation. Codfish...
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Look up vertebra or vértebra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A vertebra is a bone in the spinal column of a vertebrate animal. Vertebra may also refer...
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Atlas (anatomy) (redirect from First cervical vertebra)
In anatomy, the atlas (C1) is the most superior (first) cervical vertebra of the spine and is located in the neck. The bone is named for Atlas of Greek...
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Congenital vertebral anomaly (redirect from Lumbosacral transitional vertebra)
six vertebrae or segments, not five. This sixth lumbar vertebra is known as a transitional vertebra. Conversely the sacrum appears to have only four segments...
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Vertebra is a framework that aims to simplify writing applications in The Cloud written by Engine Yard. It was released under the GNU Lesser General Public...
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special vertebrae are the atlas and axis, on which the head rests. A typical vertebra consists of two parts: the vertebral body (or centrum), which is ventral...
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Sacrum (redirect from Sacral vertebra)
sacroiliac joints. The upper part of the sacrum connects with the last lumbar vertebra (L5), and its lower part with the coccyx (tailbone) via the sacral and...
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Vertebral compression fracture (redirect from Broken vertebra)
compression fracture is a collapse of a vertebra. It may be due to trauma or due to a weakening of the vertebra (compare with burst fracture). This weakening...
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Coccyx (redirect from First coccygeal vertebra)
processes. The first segment is the largest; it resembles the lowest sacral vertebra, and often exists as a separate piece; the remaining ones diminish in size...
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Sandwich vertebral body is a radiologic sign where the endplates of the vertebra are sclerotic, giving it the appearance of a sandwich. This sign is seen...
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Axis (anatomy) (redirect from C2 vertebra)
In anatomy, the axis (from Latin axis, "axle") is the second cervical vertebra (C2) of the spine, immediately inferior to the atlas, upon which the head...
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posterior displacement of one vertebral body with respect to the subjacent vertebra to a degree less than a luxation (dislocation). Retrolistheses are most...
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'yoke' + apophysis) of a vertebra is a projection of the vertebra that serves the purpose of fitting with an adjacent vertebra. The actual region of contact...
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A laminectomy is a surgical procedure that removes a portion of a vertebra called the lamina, which is the roof of the spinal canal. It is a major spine...
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Spondylolisthesis is when one spinal vertebra in slips out of place compared to another. While some medical dictionaries define spondylolisthesis specifically...
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a typical vertebra, the vertebral foramen is the foramen (opening) of a vertebra bounded ventrally/anteriorly by the body of the vertebra, and the dorsally/posteriorly...
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nerve roots exit the spine above the associated vertebra (i.e. the C6 nerve root exits above the C6 vertebra). By evaluating what nerve root of the cervical...
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adjacent vertebra. These are protrusions of disc material into the surface of the vertebral body, which may contact the marrow of the vertebra and lead...
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segment. It originates from the spinal column from below the thoracic vertebra 10 (T10). American Medical Association Nervous System -- Groups of Nerves...
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inferior costal facet on the vertebra above, and the larger region articulates with the superior costal facet on the vertebra with the same number. The transverse...
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cervical vertebra may be abbreviated as "C4", at the level of the fourth thoracic vertebra "T4", and at the level of the third lumbar vertebra "L3". Because...
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first vertebra). Thus the cervical nerves are numbered by the vertebra below, except spinal nerve C8, which exists below vertebra C7 and above vertebra T1...
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of many ring-like bones called vertebra (plural: vertebrae) and it spans from the skull to the sacrum. Each vertebra has a hole in the center called...
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transverse process of the lowest lumbar vertebra to the sacrum, leading to the formation of a transitional 5th lumbar vertebra. Of importance is that this syndrome...
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Martti Larni (redirect from The Fourth Vertebra)
other Eastern Bloc countries thanks to his book Neljäs nikama (The Fourth Vertebra). Larni was the fourth of the nine children of master painter Johan Viktor...
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