Anatom3DCervical spine (C1–C7)
Vertebrae cervicales · Krční páteř (C1–C7)
Skeleton
Looks like
Seven small vertebrae carrying the head, the top two shaped for nodding and turning.
What it does
Holds up 5 kg of head and lets it turn nearly 180 degrees.
Keeping it well
Screens at eye level, strength work; neck pain after a crash settles faster with movement than with a collar.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Neck pain and cervical spondylosis
- 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
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Whiplash
- Wry neck (torticollis)