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Spinothalamic tract

Ascending sensory pathway of the anterolateral system involved in transmitting pain, temperature and other somatosensory...

The spinous process is a posterior bony projection near the midline of a typical vertebra....

Congenital anomaly in which part of the spinal cord is divided longitudinally into two hemicords,...

Infection involving an intervertebral disc and adjacent vertebral endplates or bodies.Lire cette fiche en françaisIn...

Slippage of one vertebra relative to an adjacent vertebra; significance depends on its degree, stability...

Defect or stress fracture of the pars interarticularis, which may occur with or without vertebral...

Extreme vertebral slippage in which one vertebra has moved completely beyond the endplate of the...

Cervical examination manoeuvre intended to reproduce certain arm radicular symptoms, interpreted alongside the full examination.Lire...

Cells able to renew themselves and, depending on type, produce specialised cells. Their use for...

STIR is an MRI technique that suppresses fat signal to make selected water-rich abnormalities more...