The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many ...

The cervical spine is composed of seven bones (C1 – C7), which are separated from one another by intervertebral discs. These discs allow the spine to move freely and act as shock absorbers ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness (in the hands, arms, legs, and/or feet) can vary depending ...

A laminectomy restores room in your spinal canal by removing some of the spinal lamina, which is the bony arch at the back of your vertebrae. Your doctor will likely want you to try other ...

Little physiologic motion between adjacent vertebrae is present in normal flexion ... and relative relationship of the lamina. [16] Computed tomography (CT) is used to complement information ...

Summary: Researchers have created a 3D atlas mapping brain regions that connect to V1 spinal interneurons, which shape motor output. By using a genetically modified rabies virus, they pinpointed ...