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Anatomy of the Cervical Spine

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The vertebral column, or spine, consisting of a coordinated series of 33–34 vertebrae separated from each other by intervertebral disks, is divided in five segments or sections: cervical, dorsal, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal [1–7].

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  1. Orthopaedics Department, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Michele D’Arienzo MD, Antonella Conti & Antonio D’Arienzo

  2. Anatomy Department, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Giovanni Peri & Biagio Valentino

  3. Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Daniele Peri

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  1. Spine Center, Rome American Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Pier Paolo Maria Menchetti

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D’Arienzo, M., Peri, G., Valentino, B., Conti, A., D’Arienzo, A., Peri, D. (2016). Anatomy of the Cervical Spine. In: Menchetti, P. (eds) Cervical Spine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21608-9_1

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