Sentences with phrase «vertebrae where»

When Fronimos was examining the massive fossils while visiting a museum in Spain, he came across something unusual: deep, zigzagging lines in the vertebrae where the top half of the backbone contacts the bottom half.

If surgery is performed the surgeon tries to open up the channel in vertebrae where the spinal cord goes by removing some bone where it presses on the nerves.

Hemivertebra: a particular kind of malformation of the vertebra where only half of the structure is formed.

Not exact matches

The vertebrae in his were black where the others were white.

Lumbar Support: The part of the lower back where the spine curves is known as the lumbar area and this brave set of vertebrae takes on the majority of pressure when we sit.

A left side view of the joint where the neural arch and centrum contact in a trunk vertebra of the sauropod Spinophorosaurus nigerensis.

Neural tube defects e.g. spina bifida are birth defects where there is incomplete closing of the vertebra, so that the spinal cord is exposed.

I'm not a radiologist or an oncologist, but even to my untrained eye, it looked worrisome - this big black hole where the bone of her C4 vertebrae in her spine should be.

The most common related complaints I see are sharp, piercing pain at the right fourth rib (where it connects to the fourth thoracic vertebrae) sometimes extending upward into the neck and resulting in neck pain as well; knee pain; and digestive disturbances.

This is where the disc between the vertebrae that form your spine is affected.

In some cases, poor health is associated with bone injury, such as osteoporosis where reduced bone density contributes to a compression fracture (collapsed vertebrae).

The most commonly affected areas are the joint between the pelvis and base of your spine, vertebrae in the lower back, hip and shoulder joints, the cartilage between breastbone and ribs, and places where tendons and ligaments attach to bones mainly in the spine.

This means we find that happy medium between the two extremes of our pelvic motion where we have a gentle lumbar curve that gives a slight lift to our tailbone allowing our multifidi muscles to engage, allowing our transversus abdominus muscle to pull against solid interlocked vertebrae, and allowing our pelvic floor muscles to pull against a solid tail bone to contract when needed and come back to a neutral resting position when not being called upon.

Tail injuries can involve dislocation of one or more vertebrae (where the injury is a result of the tail being pulled or twisted) or a fracture of a vertebrae (where the injury is from a trauma).

Transitional vertebrae are congenitally malformed vertebrae situated at junction points between distinct segments of the spine where the vertebrae change shape, as from the ribcage to the lower back or lower back to the hips.

Spondylolisthesis (Wobbler's syndrome): a condition where the vertebrae of the neck slip out of joint and are malformed causing progressive incoordination of the rear legs.

Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD) is a condition where one or more of the discs that cushion between the vertebrae rupture or protrude towards the spinal cord or spinal nerve roots.

In this surgery the articular facets (where the two vertebrae connect) are removed, as is the vertebral bone adjacent to the spinal cord.

Atlantoaxial subluxation is a condition seen primarily in young, small breed dogs where there is instability between the first and second cervical vertebrae.

The affected nerve root is usually 1 - 2 vertebrae in front of the spot where the skin crawls.

Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) is an age - related, degenerative disorder where the cushioning discs that lay between the vertebrae of the spinal column either burst or bulge into the spinal cord space, also referred to as a slipped disc or ruptured disc.

The inherited conditions of aortic stenosis (a narrowing above the aortic heart valve or the aortic valve itself), atopy / allergic dermatitis (skin allergies), gastric dilatation volvulus (bloat / stomach dilation), early onset cataracts (a clouding of the lens inside the eye), dilated cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the chambers of the heart and thinning of the muscle wall), elbow dysplasia (abnormal growth of tissues that leads to malformation and degeneration of the joint), epilepsy (brain seizures), hypothyroidism (underactive production of thyroid hormones), intervertebral disk disease (problems with the disks between the vertebrae of the spine leading to neurological problems), and hepatic portosystemic shunt (an abnormal blood circulation where blood is diverted around the liver rather than into it) are more prevalent in purebred dogs than in mixed - breed.

The poorest passage in the show is unfortunately at the entrance, where Claes Oldenburg's pop art «Typewriter Eraser» (1976) in the rotunda points the way to Magdalena Abakanowicz's «Bronze Crowd» (1990 - 91) and Henry's Moore's fine «Three Piece No. 3: Vertebrae» (1968).

The consequences of a spinal injury, whether it's a broken vertebra or a herniated disk, will depend on where the injury is located.