Your Frenchie has has some of
these deformed vertebrae in his tail — that's why it's bent into that curly / kinky shape that looks «cute» but is actually deformed.
This can be caused by a number of spinal deformities such as congenital scoliosis, missing ribs, fused ribs,
deformed vertebrae, or other types of severe early onset scoliosis.
These congenital diseases lead to an open spinal cord or brain malformation due to
deformed vertebrae.
A single
deformed vertebra in the backbone can still be okay.
Not exact matches
An off - the - rack saddle, Schleese says, can cripple a horse by pinching
vertebrae or
deforming shoulder muscles.
Cervical spondylosis in cats: a
deforming over-production of abnormal bone development off the cervical
vertebrae (i.e. neck portion of the spinal column).
Excessive consumption of liver can lead to hypervitaminosis A and may produce skeletal lesions, including
deforming cervical spondylosis, ankylosis of
vertebrae and large joints, osseocartilagenous hyperplasia, osteoporosis, inhibited collagen synthesis, decreased chrondrogenesis in growth plates of growing dogs, and narrowed intervertebral foramina.
One or more of the
vertebrae at the base of the neck (cervical
vertebrae) may be
deformed or otherwise develop instability, putting abnormal pressure on the spinal cord.