What Is the Cervical Spine? Where Is the Cervical Spine Located? A long, flexible column extending through most of your upper body, the spinal column consists of seven bones called vertebrae. The ...

The spine, or backbone, is a long column of bones that runs down the center of a person’s back. It is essential for many functions, such as movement, support, and protecting the spinal cord.

Go inside the Dell Children's operating room as surgeons use new robot to plan and position screws to straighten Austin ...

Spinal disks are rubbery pads between the vertebrae, the specialized bones that make up the spinal column. Doctors call them intervertebral disks. Each disk is a flat, circular capsule about an ...

Previous research from the Özbudak laboratory found that vertebral column segmentation involved two sets of molecular players ...

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Degenerative disc disease is when one or more of the discs between the vertebrae of the spinal column deteriorate or break down, leading to pain. There may be weakness, numbness, and pain that ...

Spine surgery is one of the most complex types of surgery, given that the spine, spinal cord and central nervous system are all intertwined within the spinal column.