At each vertebral level in the cervical spinal, a pair of nerves exit through small openings called the intervertebral foramen. These nerves control the motor function and sensation to muscles ...

Cervical manipulations have ... limitation of this work is that it did not focus on strokes due to vertebral artery dissections that run through the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae.

Degenerative cervical spondylosis is a chronic, progressive deterioration of osseocartilaginous components of the cervical spine that is most often related to aging. Radiographic evidence of ...

The spinal cord exits the skull at the foramen magnum. Bilateral nerve roots emanate from each level above the corresponding vertebral body. For example, the C5 nerve root exits the spine at the ...

Neural foraminal stenosis occurs when the foramen of the neck (cervical stenosis), the upper part of the back (thoracic stenosis), or the lower back (lumbar stenosis), compress or narrow, trapping ...

The cross table lateral radiograph is 74% to 86% sensitive in detection of cervical spine injuries. [8,9] Adequately capturing the cervicothoracic junction is imperative.Often, this area is ...

‌Your spine is made up of 33 vertebrae. Each one has openings that let nerves from your spinal cord pass through to other parts of the body. When these openings, called neural foramina, get ...

The radiologist who interpreted the CT scans noted fractures of the patient’s cervical spine at the C3 ... nor the neurosurgeon identified a fracture through the transverse foramen, ...