Talk:Cervical vertebrae

Previously uncategorized comments

I've added this category to hold the previously unattributed and uncategorized comments on this talk page. The text below (preceding the next header) was present on the original page. James A. Stewart 23:48, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

ailments of cervical vertebrae

is this page geared towards humans only, or also animals?

The derivation of the dens or odontoid process is "tooth." I'm not sure what language it's from, though. Also, the dens is what forms the pivot. This is not really made clear in the article.

Atlas for the C1 vertebra is a mythonym named for the titan Atlas. It is therefor a proper noun and should always be spelled with a capital A.

The spinous processes of cervical vertebra are frequently, but not always, bifid. The seventh cervical vertebra is rarely bifid, while the second almost always is. There is significant geographic (racial) variation in the frequency of bifid spinous processes on levels three through six. Claiming that bifid is a typical characteristic of human cervical vertebrae is both wrong, and may be unintentionally racist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.49.2.40 (talk) 21:04, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Recent vandalism

There has been recurrent vandalism of this page by 24.35.76.223. I've reverted it again, but the page may need to be locked. James A. Stewart 00:20, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism was corrected again on 2008-05-28 reverted to James A. Stewart's page

Landmarks are ill-defined

I'm looking at netters right now, and the landmarks specified in the wiki page are either a) wrong, or b) badly defined (how do you define the "level" of the vertabrae? is it at the middle of the body of the vertebrae? Using this definition, C4 is at the hyoid). Could someone please look this over. You can find the image here:

http://www.netterimages.com/image/569.htm --68.195.89.254 (talk) 05:11, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Whose?

Although the introduction of this article disusses cervical vertebrae of mammals in general, and even other animals, the body of the article is entirely confined to humans. Should probably decide if this article is to be human-only and if so, edit it accordingly, leaving the reptiles (etc.) out.

Proposed merge

I have proposed a merge between the articles on C3-7 and this page, as I believe that this would improve the overall quality of this page, enhance its readability, and hopefully lead to more quality editing. If needed, these articles could be expanded at a later date. --LT910001 (talk) 07:14, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

 Done

Edit warring?

I've noticed some edit warring in the history that happened on 29 December between Dschslava and 49.197.133.232. However, it's stopped now (possibly due to the 3RR?). Hdjensofjfnen (Is something wrong?) 22:30, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Cervical degenerative changes and grading

Too less content in current form , to even be a stub. Will be good to either expand it here or better , make it a section of the main article Devopam (talk) 13:44, 14 December 2016 (UTC)  Done

Cervical spine

About symptoms and none surgical treatments 102.222.234.181 (talk) 00:13, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

OBSERVATION:- Straightening of cervical lordotic curvature. Disc desiccation changes are seen in form of decrease signal on T2W images with end plate degenerative changes. Marginal osteophytes are seen in cervical spine at multiple levels Disc osteophytes complex with posterior-central disc protrusion is seen at C2-3 to C4-5 level causing indentation over thecal sac without significant lateral recess or neural foramina narrowing. Disc osteophytes complex is seen at C5-6 level causing indentation over thecal sac with mild narrowing of right neural foramina. Disc osteophytes complex with posterior-central and bilateral paracentral disc protrusion is seen at C6-7 level causing indentation over thecal sac with moderate narrowing of bilateral lateral recess and mild narrowing of bilateral neural foramina, causing compression of spinal cord and bilateral exiting nerve roots. Rest of the vertebral body, pedicle, spinous process, lamina and articular surfaces are normal. The cerebro spinal fluid displays normal signal intensity in all sequences and there is no evidence of any mass lesion seen in or around the CSF pathway. Perivertebral soft tissues are unremarkable. Vertebral endplates appear normal. Atlanto-occipital, Atlanto-axial joints appear normal. The sagittal diameters of the cervical spinal canal are as follows (in mm): Level : C2-C3 C3-C4 C4

OBSERVATION:- Straightening of cervical lordotic curvature. Disc desiccation changes are seen in form of decrease signal on T2W images with end plate degenerative changes. Marginal osteophytes are seen in cervical spine at multiple levels Disc osteophytes complex with posterior-central disc protrusion is seen at C2-3 to C4-5 level causing indentation over thecal sac without significant lateral recess or neural foramina narrowing. Disc osteophytes complex is seen at C5-6 level causing indentation over thecal sac with mild narrowing of right neural foramina. Disc osteophytes complex with posterior-central and bilateral paracentral disc protrusion is seen at C6-7 level causing indentation over thecal sac with moderate narrowing of bilateral lateral recess and mild narrowing of bilateral neural foramina, causing compression of spinal cord and bilateral exiting nerve roots. Rest of the vertebral body, pedicle, spinous process, lamina and articular surfaces are normal. The cerebro spinal fluid displays normal signal intensity in all sequences and there is no evidence of any mass lesion seen in or around the CSF pathway. Perivertebral soft tissues are unremarkable. Vertebral endplates appear normal. Atlanto-occipital, Atlanto-axial joints appear normal. The sagittal diameters of the cervical spinal canal are as follows (in mm): Level : C2-C3 C3-C4 C4 139.5.0.70 (talk) 21:59, 28 April 2025 (UTC)