The spine is not one long rigid bone. It consists of 24 small bones called vertebrae that are stacked in a column from the pelvis to the base of our skull. These bones connect to create a canal that ...

Lumbar refers to segment of your spine that contains the five spinal vertebrae (L1 to L5) of the lower back. In addition to low back pain, common symptoms generally include a sense of fatigue, ...

Your ancestors were hauling massive whale bones up steep cliffs and dragging them miles inland to their cave homes 20,000 years ago. New research reveals that Stone Age humans were systematically ...

Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium, Laboratory for Ecotoxicology en Polar ecology, University of Brussels (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, ...

Vertebroplasty is performed to stabilize a fractured vertebra and prevent further collapse, which is accomplished by cement injection only into the vertebra through percutaneously placed ...

Here we propose new characters referring to the position and number of pneumatic foramina present in cervical and dorsal vertebrae of pterosaurs. A cladistic analysis was performed after first-hand ...

What is lumbar disk disease? The vertebral column, or backbone, is made up of 33 vertebrae that are separated by spongy disks. The spine is divided into 4 areas: Cervical spine. The first 7 vertebrae, ...

Mississippi is a state located in the Southeast of the United States. Wildlife in Mississippi includes many marine animals, and this was the case even during prehistoric times. According to studies, ...

You get vertebral wedging when the front of a vertebra collapses. People with osteoporosis typically have this fracture. From 1 to 1.5 million spinal compression fractures occur annually in the U.S.

With the first possible explanation, the killer whales could have been keeping the young pilot whales around like a living lunch box; some orcas in Iceland are known to eat harbor seals and porpoises.

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Some, like the bald eagle, have made remarkable recoveries. Others, like the vaquita porpoise, remain on the brink. Today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) tracks endangered ...