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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
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