One bone segment is a vertebra, and multiple bone segments are vertebrae. Ligaments and muscles connect these vertebrae, and a disc separates most of the vertebrae and acts like a cushion to absorb ...

Shakespeare called him a hunchback, but a new three-dimensional model of King Richard III's spiraling spine shows his true disability: adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Richard III, who ruled ...

In this study, researchers created a new animal model, the pyogenic spondylodiscitis-posterior fixation model rat, and investigated the mechanism by which posterior fixation suppresses infection.

Anterolisthesis is a misalignment of spine bones, usually in the lower back. Learn about its symptoms and treatment options here.

Find out how a spinal X-ray can help you and your doctor figure out why you're having neck and back pain. Learn how the procedure is performed and if there are any safety risks.

The spine, or backbone, is made up of small bones (vertebrae) stacked -- along with discs -- one on top of another. A healthy spine when viewed from the side has gentle curves to it.

image: A new stem cell that forms the spine was transplanted into a model organism and allowed to form a miniature vertebral bone (red). Breast cancer tumor cells (green) invaded the bone ...

Using bone-like “organoids” made from vertebral stem cells, researchers showed that the known tendency of tumors to spread to the spine—more than to long bones such as leg bones—is due ...

Using bone-like "organoids" made from vertebral stem cells, they showed that the known tendency of tumors to spread to the spine - more than to long bones such as leg bones - is due largely to a ...