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Results 1 - 10 of 1,280 for Vertebral column
  1. Spina Bifida (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... a type of birth defect of the brain, spine, or spinal cord. It happens if the spinal ...
  2. Spine Injuries and Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bone discs called vertebrae. The vertebrae protect your spinal cord and allow you to ... of problems can change the structure of the spine or damage the vertebrae and surrounding tissue. They ...
  3. This is the spine and the sacrum with the cervical (neck), thoracic (mid-back), and lumbar (lower back) vertebra. Notice how the appearance ...
  4. Rigid spine muscular dystrophy (RSMD) is a form of congenital muscular dystrophy. Disorders in this group cause muscle weakness and wasting (atrophy) beginning ...
  5. You were in the hospital for spine surgery. You probably had a problem with one or more disks or spine bones. A disk is a cushion that separates the ...
  6. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the cervical spine makes cross-sectional pictures of the neck. It ... on film. Three-dimensional models of the cervical spine can be created by adding the slices together. ...
  7. A thoracic spine x-ray is an x-ray of the 12 chest (thoracic) bones (vertebrae) of the spine. The vertebrae are separated by flat pads of ...
  8. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the lumbar spine makes cross-sectional pictures of the lower back (lumbar spine). It uses x-rays to create the images.
  9. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the thoracic spine is an imaging method. This uses x-rays ... create detailed pictures of the middle back (thoracic spine).
  10. A lumbosacral spine x-ray is a picture of the small bones (vertebrae) in the lower part of the spine. This area includes the lumbar region and the ...
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