In humans, cervical vertebrae are the smallest of the true vertebrae, and can be readily distinguished from those of the thoracic or lumbar regions by the presence of a foramen (hole) in each transverse process, through which passes the vertebral artery.
The medial pectoral nerve (medial anterior thoracic) arises from the medial cord of the brachial plexus and through it from the eighth cervical and first thoracic.
Goodman was knocked out, breaking his C-1 (Atlas (anatomy)) and C-2 (Axis (anatomy)) Cervical vertebrae, and was left paralyzed, unable to move from head to foot, breathe on his own, talk or swallow.
On August 22, he had surgery to fuse the C5 and C6 vertebrae in his neck; and in the offseason, he had surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder.
Cervical vertebrae | Thoracic vertebrae | Lumbar vertebrae | Cervical mucus plug | Caudal vertebrae |
Ventral slot surgery is used in dogs to decompress the cervical spine after an intervertebral disc extrusion(being forced or pressed out).
According to a study by Kevin Padian there are eight cervical vertebrae, fourteen dorsals, four or five sacrals and up to 38 caudal vertebrae.
The most serious injuries were special teams coach Joe DeCamillis, who suffered fractured cervical vertebrae and had surgery to stabilize fractured vertebrae in his neck, and Rich Behm, the team's 33-year-old scouting assistant, who was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed.