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One or more times during vertebrate evolution, one vertebra at the cranio-vertebral boundary became reduced in size and became partly fused to adjacent skeletal elements. This was the proatlas. Pieces ...

But unaided, the spine would not be able to maintain its restored straightness. Fused Vertebrae. The surgeons cemented the two parts of the cast together and removed the turnbuckle. To make doubly ...

The spine (aka backbone) is a linked column of bones running from the head down to the lower back. Bone segments form the column. One bone segment is a vertebra, and multiple bone segments are ...

These conditions refer to the deterioration of spinal segments adjacent to the fused area, potentially leading to further pain and disability. Recent research has focused on understanding the ...