X-Nico

4 unusual facts about vertebral column


Galant reflex

It is elicited by holding the newborn in ventral suspension (face down) and stroking along the one side of the spine.

Raymond A. Palmer

An unsuccessful operation on Palmer's spine stunted his growth (he stood about four feet tall), and left him with a hunchback.

Slip 'n Slide

Between 1973 and 1991, seven adults and one teenager reported injuries suffered while using Slip 'N Slides including neck injuries, bone fractures, quadriplegia, and paraplegia.

Spinal interneuron

Also, Group III afferent travels up to L2 vertebra, where they branch onto another excitatory interneuron.


Adam Taliaferro

Taliaferro had surgery at the Ohio State Medical Center to fuse his C-5 vertebrate.

Argentiniformes

The hypaxial muscle is unusually extended to forward at its upper end and attaches to the neurocranium below the spine, perhaps to snap the upper part of the skull down when catching prey.

Complex vertebral malformation

This causes abnormal nucleotide-sugar transport into the Golgi apparatus, leading to malformations of the vertebral column.

Disc protrusion

A disc protrusion is a disease condition which can occur in some vertebrates, including humans, in which the outermost layers of the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral discs of the spine are intact, but bulge when one or more of the discs are under pressure.

Musical Prostheses

A group of researchers from McGill University Canada designed several digital musical instruments in the form of moving parts of the body like the Rib and spine.

St. Cloud Hospital

Services include an inpatient unit, inpatient and outpatient surgery, emergency and trauma care, total joint replacements, total joint revisions, sports medicine, spinal surgery, shoulder surgery, arthroscopic surgery, foot and angle surgery, fracture care and specialized imaging services including musculoskeletal radiology.

The Medical Center of Aurora

Specialties for which The Medical Center of Aurora is best known locally and nationally include heart and vascular care, surgical services, women’s services, cancer services, and neurosciences, including spine, brain and stroke care.

Vidacare Corporation

• The OnControl Bone Access System provides rapid and safe access to vertebrae during vertebroplasty.


see also

Costovertebral

Costovertebral angle, the acute angle formed on either side of the human back between the twelfth rib and the vertebral column