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It may cause toe numbness but sometimes it causes leg, arm, hand, and numbness too. If you feel numbness or weakness in the leg/s tell a doctor, these may be signs of a Stroke.
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What is the five divisions of the back named?
Cervical - region of the neck Thoracic - region of the chest Lumbar - region of the waist Sacral - region of the sacrum Coccygeal - region of the tailbone
How many vertebrae does a grown up have?
There are 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, a sacrum, and a coccyx.
The major plexuses of the spinal cord?
Cervical Plexus Brachial Plexus Lumbar Plexus Sacral Plexus
How many lumbar vertebrae are on the human body?
The human spine is made up of three parts, the cervical spine(neck), the thoracic(middle), and the lumbar (lower back). The lumbar consists of 5 vertebrae in the average adult human, but may also only have 4 or 6 vertebrae depending on the individual, although this is not as common.
What does cervicothoracolumbar mean?
This refers to the vertebrae in the cervical region (7 of them), thoracic region (12 of them) and lumbar region (5 of them).
What are the vertebra types?
Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal.
Why do doctors say that Cervical degenerative disks and Lumbar degrenerative disk are not the same My husband is on disability for the cervical and now shows lumbar degeneration.?
Cervical is in the neck area. Lumbar is the lower back area.
What is musculoligamentous?
Musculoligamentous pertains to both muscle and ligament. The term is used when referring to injuries like lumbar sprains and injury to the cervical spine.
Are the cervical and lumbar curves convex?
yes
Were is scoliosis located in the spine?
Scoliosis can be located in the cervical, thoracic or lumbar area of the spine Cervical = neck Thoracic = mid spine Lumbar = lower spine
What are the regions of the vertebral column?
Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx
What are some symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis?
Symptoms of lumbar spinal Stenosis include numbness, weakness, cramping, or pain in the legs, feet, or buttock; stiffness in legs and thighs; low back pain. In severe cases, loss of bladder and bowel control. Answer Pain, numbness, weakness or tingling in the arms/hands and the legs may indicate cervical spinal stenosis. Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis experience the same symptoms but limited to the lower back, legs, and feet.
What has seven components that is unfused?
The Lumbar Vertebrae
What is lumbar enlargement?
The spinal cord is enlarged in the cervical and lumbar regions, where the spinal nerves serving the limbs arise.
How many vertebrae are there in each of the three superior region of the vertebral column?
Cervical (most superior portion of the vertebral column) = 7 vertebraeThoracic (just inferior to the cervical region, superior to lumbar) = 12 vertebraeLumbar (inferior to the thoracic region, superior to the sacral region) = 5 vertebrae
What are the names of the five different types of vertebrae in the vertebral column?
Vertebrae are divided into sections: the atlas and axis account for the first cervical vertebrae, of which there are 7 in total; there are 12 thoracic vertebrae, 7 lumbar vertebrae, 1 sacrum (5 separate vertebrae in a baby), and 1 coccyx (4 separate vertebrae in a baby).
What are the 4 major nerve plexuses?
cervical brachial lumbar sacral
