Anatomy
cervical spine
cer·vi·cal spine [ sur-vi-kuhl spahyn ]
Definitions related to cervical spine:
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The part of the spine located in the neck and consisting of the top seven vertebrae.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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The vertebrae located above the thoracic vertebrae.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Those vertebrae immediately behind (caudal to) the skull, C1-C7 in man.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The cervical spine is made up of 7 vertebrae. The first 2, C1 and C2, are highly specialized and are given unique names: atlas and axis, respectively.WebMD, 2019
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