and a disc separates most of the vertebrae and acts like a cushion to absorb shock along the spine. Each vertebra is numbered and grouped into 5 regions. Diagram. There are 7 cervical vertebrae in the ...

The cranio-vertrebral joint in fish is like any other intervertebral joint. The head is not any more mobile on the spinal column than any other two vertebrae are on each other. Fish can’t move its ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

Back pain often happens because something is off in the way your spinal joints, muscles, discs, and nerves fit together and move. Nighttime back pain is a special type of lower back pain that ...

Bourguignon, Lukas et al. systematically review the effect of drugs commonly administered after traumatic spinal cord injury on the neurological recovery in both animal studies and humans.

That was the case of Drage Josevski, when he received a diagnosis of chordoma, a rare cancer that affects the spine. His two upper vertebrae connecting to his skull had tumours. To prevent an ...

When Michael Kelly, director of scoliosis and spinal deformities at Rady Children's Hospital, is asked to explain how this spine-twisting disease affects adolescents differently from adults ...

Forty years ago, Bob Geldof had an idea that arguably changed the world, and certainly changed the music world. It is such a ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. New Order helped bring synthpop to the masses several decades ago ...

The system is still at an experimental stage but a leading UK spinal charity called it "very encouraging". "I feel like a toddler, learning to walk again," Mr Oskam told the BBC. He can also now ...

Australian researchers are about to launch a human trial to treat spinal cord injury by transplanting cells from the noses of paralysed patients into the damaged area. Griffith University ...

That number has shot up to 77% for the postseason ... weeks of the regular season and all of the playoffs because of a spinal cord injury). And then there is Jose Butto — a valuable reliever ...