Encyclopedia - The Spine Page

CLEAR SPINE GUIDANCE

Understand your spine. Compare your options.

Evidence-informed explanations of back and neck conditions, imaging findings and treatment pathways.

FROM SYMPTOMS TO DECISIONS

Look beyond the MRI report

Learn how symptoms, neurological findings, function and imaging work together to guide appropriate care.

TREATMENTS IN CONTEXT

Conservative, technological and surgical care

See what each approach is designed to do, where evidence is strongest, and which questions to ask before treatment.

Dorsal ramus of the spinal nerve

Posterior mixed branch of a spinal nerve supplying deep back muscles, some joints and part...

Bundle of afferent fibers carrying sensory information toward the spinal cord, with neuronal cell bodies...

A dorsal root ganglion is a cluster of sensory neuron cell bodies associated with a...

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, or DXA, measures bone mineral density using low-dose X-rays. Usually performed at...