For Millard Elementary School graduate Lily Ratliff, scoliosis has shaped more than just her spine — it’s shaped her mindset.

1 Department of Spinal Surgery, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China 2 Department of cardiology, Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, China Study Design: Retrospective ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MDNeural foraminal stenosis is a common condition that can cause symptoms referred ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details about how the spinal column forms in developing vertebrates, according to a study published in Developmental Cell. If you've ever seen a ...

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 erector spinae is important but often overlooked. Discover the benefits of training the muscle group and what exercises ...

While the spinal cord is a soft layer of tissue consisting of nerves and cells, the vertebral column is a hard structure made of bone that covers the spinal cord and protects it.

Methods: Medical records and lumbar vertebral column MR images were examined from 104 dogs (831 intervertebral disc spaces and adjacent vertebrae), which were divided into three groups: ...

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.

The vertebral column, also called the spinal column, spine, or backbone, is a flexible column of bones that extends from the neck to the tail in vertebrate animals. It is part of the axial skeleton ...

Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) is a well recognised complication of the spread of cancer to the vertebral column. Metastases to the spinal column occur in 3-5% of all people with cancer 1 ...

Context Metastases to the spinal column are diagnosed in around 16% of all people with cancer and may cause pain, vertebral collapse and spinal cord or root compression. More than 4,000 people present ...