The cervical spine consists of seven vertebrae and acts as bony protection for the spinal cord. This is important because injuries to the spinal cord can be devastating and result in disability.

The vertebrae that make up the cervical spine are the smallest seven within the spinal column. These bones give the neck structure, support the skull, and protect the spinal cord, among other ...

MRI scans of human subjects were used to determine muscle cross sectional areas, appropriate geometric scaling between the ATD neck and the human cervical spine, and appropriate moment arm lengths for ...

Context Though both giraffes and humans have the same number of individual neck bones (known as vertebrae), the two species also have size and structural differences.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — UC San Diego Health made history last month during an anterior cervical spine surgery. The health system became the first in the world to perform the procedure using a fully ...