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CHAPTER 6
ANATOMY OF THE NECK AND SPINE
D F Graham & A Ritchie
INDEX
27 The bony anatomy of the vertebral column
Regions; curves; number; MRI.
28 The structure of the vertebrae
Central foramen; main common features; discs; intervertebral foramen; ossification and development; side wings; cervical vertebrae; articulation; facet or zygapophyseal joints.
29 X-rays of the neck
30 X-rays of the lumbar spine
31 Lumbar and pelvic ligaments and X-rays of the pelvis and sacro-iliac joints
32 Sacroiliac ligaments
33 Anomalies of the vertebrae in the spine
Hemivertebra; posterior arch defect; ligament ossification; transitional vertebrae.
34 Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
35 Anterior and Posterior longitudinal ligaments and ligamenta flava
36 The Facet Joints
37 MRI scans
38 Muscles of the back
Trapezius; levator scapulae; rhomboid; paraspinal; intermediate; deepest layer.
39 Spinal chord
The filum terminale; meninges; neurones; axons; nerves and nerve roots; spinal cord compression; nerve root compression; osteophytes.
40 Dermatomes, Myotomes
“One must understand the anatomy before one can understand the function”
Hippocrates