The skeletal system comprises 206 bones and has two main parts: the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton ... The vertebral column (spine) protects your spinal cord, supports your head, and ...

The following is a summary of “Limited added value of systematic spinal cord ... and spinal cord MRI. They analyzed 221 intervals from 68 patients in the EMISEP cohort over 5 years. Each interval ...

Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...

Abstract: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) spine planning involves setting several positioning lines, termed localizer, through the intervertebral discs (IVDs) of interest to enable axial scans ...

The resized 3DT1-w volumes were analyzed with the Spinal Cord Toolbox 1, an open-source software specifically developed to elaborate spinal cord images, to extract features of the C1-C5 vertebrae.

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MDThe lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5 ...