Encyclopedia - The Spine Page

Annular high-intensity zone

An annular high-intensity zone, often called HIZ, is a small bright focus on T2-weighted MRI...

Tough outer portion of an intervertebral disc, formed by fibrous layers surrounding the nucleus pulposus.Lire...

Cord injury pattern mainly affecting anterior-region functions, with motor and pain-temperature impairment and relative preservation...

The anterior longitudinal ligament is a fibrous band running along the front of vertebral bodies...

Longitudinal artery on the anterior spinal cord that, with segmental contributions, supplies much of its...

Set of traumatic spinal injury classifications based on morphology, neurological status and modifiers specific to...

Parameter calculated from diffusion images describing apparent water mobility in tissue, often displayed as an...

Large anterior radiculomedullary artery reinforcing thoracolumbar spinal cord blood supply, with a variable origin and...

Joint between the occipital condyles and the upper atlas surfaces, allowing movements including nodding of...

Atlantoaxial instability is abnormal movement between the atlas, the first cervical vertebra, and the axis,...