Pain Diagram Atlantic Spine Clinic Form

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foreign column or backbone is one of the most important parts of your body it provides the main support allowing you to stand upright Bend and twist 33 individual bones interlock with each other to form the spinal column the vertebrae are numbered and divided into regions C1 through C7 cervical vertebrae form your neck support your head and neck and allow you to nod and shake your head T1 through T12 thoracic that's the 12 vertebrae that are joined by ribs to form your rib cage L1 through L5 lumbar your five sturdy lumbar vertebrae carry most of the weight of your upper body and provide a stable center of gravity when you move five vertebrae of the sacrum and four of the coccyx are fused it makes up the back wall of your pelvis between each of the movable vertebrae is located the intervertebral disc intervertebral discs consist of a thick outer layer with a criss-crossing fibrous structure annulus that surrounds the soft gel-like Center the nucleus discs function like shock absorbing S