Dr Mike Thomson’s 1985 geological field notebook next to the dinosaur fossil vertebra found in Antarctica. Credit: British ...

Laminoplasty — a cervical spine procedure that expands the spinal canal and relieves cord compression without fusing any vertebrae — is motion-preserving, well-established in Asia and Europe and ...

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The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Low back pain is one of the most common causes of health care visits and has the highest global prevalence of all musculoskeletal ...

We explored whether selected candidate variants, potentially linked to vertebral numeric variation, are associated with physical measures, such as body size measurements and pulmonary function ...

Rod Brouhard is an emergency medical technician paramedic (EMT-P), journalist, educator, and advocate for emergency medical service providers and patients. The sacrum is a single bone made from five ...

Limbs and vertebrae elongate by endochondral ossification, but local growth control is highly modular such that not all bones are the same length. Compared to limbs, which have a different ...

Four decades after their big-screen hit, the rock legends David, Derek and Nigel have reunited for one final (really, truly) concert. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Spondylosis is another word for osteoarthritis of the spine, a condition that usually develops with age, and is the result of normal “wear and tear” on both the soft structures and bones that make up ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a type of clear liquid that surrounds, protects, and cushions your brain and spinal cord from possible injuries. The fluid is held in place by the dura mater, a dense ...

When he was 13, John Davies noticed he was looking at the ground a lot. His mom, Nicola Davies, thought he just had a posture problem from playing too many video games. She said she spent 16 months ...

Your neck has the same number of bones as a giraffe's. In fact, nearly all mammals have seven neck vertebrae. In contrast, birds have anywhere between nine and 25. Of the five spine regions, the neck ...