Anatom3DCervical vertebral column
Columna vertebralis cervicalis · Krční páteř
Skeleton
Looks like
The neck part of the spine: seven small vertebrae (C1–C7) curving forward, the top two specialised for turning and nodding.
What it does
Carries and moves the head and protects the spinal cord and the vertebral arteries.
Keeping it well
After a significant blow or fall, keep the neck still until checked. Neck pain with weakness or numbness in the arms needs a doctor.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Axial spondyloarthritis
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoma
- Scoliosis
- Spina bifida & neural tube defects
- Spinal cord injury
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency