Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, ...

“In general, walking is a good exercise for people with back pain,” says Liz Pignatiello, PT, MPT, ATC-R, a physical ...

But centuries of study were required to grasp its complex anatomy and function ... where the brainstem attaches to the spinal cord. Most nerves in our body branch directly from the spinal cord: They ...

Los Angeles-based Cedars Sinai's endoscopic spine program is less than two years old, and Corey Walker, MD, has played a key role in growing the service line.

An injury isn't the only reason you're suffering. These everyday habits or common conditions could be the trigger.

Retrograde discharge itself is unlikely to cause complications, but it can sometimes be a sign of an underlying medical ...

The 12 cranial nerves exist in symmetric pairs that emerge from the brain itself, as opposed to the rest of your nerves, which branch off from the spinal cord ... Sometimes, surgery may be needed.

This brings sensory information to the dura mater (the tough, outer membrane of the brain and spine). Pterygopalatine fossa ... Shafique S, Das J. Anatomy, head and neck, maxillary nerve. StatPearls.

Next, the vertebral bodies between the second cervical spinal nerve (C2) and the third thoracic spinal nerve ... in addition to research on comparative anatomy among wild animals.

While they give a good basic overview of your anatomy, they don't optimize the view of each ... Tarlov cysts, an outpouching around nerves leaving the spinal cord in the sacral region (near the bottom ...