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What is a cervical discography study?
This is a proceudre they do under light sidation to test the spine actually pain. The doctor uses a needle, inserts it where the pain is, and injects a die to see inside of the spine better then a CT and a MRI. You can detect if pain is true.
What does the medical abbreviation c-spine mean?
c-spine means cervical spine, and cervical means neck.
What is a cervical discography at c34?
Discography is used to conclusively confirm or deny that a disc is the source of pain. A contrast dye is injected into the disc and then the patient is taken to a CT machine to take images. In this case the discography would be taken of the third and fourth cervical discs.
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
How many bones in cervical spine?
Seven. The first vertebra being the Atlas and the second being the Axis.
What is the weakest area of the spine?
Cervical
Is the cervical spine inferior to the lumbar spine?
No.The cervical spine is in the neck and is above the lumbar spine, which is in the low back. Because we reference things from anatomical position, which is standing upright, and because the term "inferior" is used to denote things that are below, that statement would be incorrect. Therefore, we could correctly say the cervical spine is superior, or rostral, to the lumbar spine. We could also say that the lumbar spine is inferior, or caudal, to the cervical spine.
Is cervical lordosis an early stage of osteoporosis?
No, a cervical lordosis is the normal curve of your cervical spine (neck).
What is the normal process during cervical spine surgery?
Every doctor is different in how they treat/do surgery on the spine. There is no way to know what the normal process is for cervical spine surgery. You can research this online.
What is the the different freely movable joints in your spine?
The spine is made up of boney vertebra: Cervical spine, Thoracic spine, and Lumbar spine.
What parts of the body you get a cervical fracture?
spine
Does disk herniation ever occur in the cervical spine?
can also occur in the cervical spine. The incidence of cervical disk herniation is most common between the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae. The second most common area for cervical disk herniation occurs between
