Usually the hip (head of the femur), lower back (lumbar spine) or heel (calcaneum) are imaged, and the bone density (amount of calcium) is determined and given a number (a T score).

From a side view, the cervical (neck) region of the spine (C1 C7) is bent inward, the thoracic (upper back) region (T1 T12) bends outward, and the lumbar (lower back) region (L1 L5) bends inward.

My spine curves spiral.

The great majority of cases occur in the lowest of the lumbar vertebrae (L5), but spondylolysis may also occur in the other lumbar vertebrae, as well as in the thoracic vertebrae.

I received a severe spine injury.

The peak of this convexity is at the level of the third lumbar vertebra (L3).

A functional spinal unit (FSU) (or motion segment) is the smallest physiological motion unit of the spine to exhibit biomechanical characteristics similar to those of the entire spine.

Together the gracile and cuneate form the dorsal column in the spine.

knowing that they will be dealt out a punishment breaking the spine .

knowing that they will be dealt out a punishment breaking the spine .

A glioma is a type of tumor that starts in the brain or spine.

My spine was severely injured and I have not been able to walk ever since.

Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and spine may show areas of demyelination (lesions or plaques).

He fell from a changing table as an infant, an accident which caused irreparable damage to his spine.

And I put 100 million cells in his cisterna magna, in his lumbar cord, and filled out the IRBs and did all this work, and I never really knew.

This story sent a frozen chill to my spine and blood. I would not wish such a nightmare on my worst enemy.

So here we see, for example, a sponge spicule, two bits of coral here, that's a sea urchin spine. Really some amazing stuff.

But basically, this is the editor where we're going to design the next generation of our creature. So it has a little spine.

ORT4 the tumor is affecting different areas outside of the hypopharynx, starting with the throat and moving towards the spine and chest cavity.

She gave a wonderful example of Michael Corleone, Al Pacino's character in The Godfather, and that probably his spine was to please his father.

Synaptic symptoms include early childhood feeding and respiratory problems, reduced mobility, curvature of the spine, and weakness, which causes a delay in motor milestones.

All the weight of your upper torso your arms, your head goes right down through your back, your spine, into those bones when you sit.

This consisted of bringing a negative electrode close to the patient, usually near the spine, causing sparks to be produced between the electrode and the patient.

Testing of myotomes, in the form of isometric resisted muscle testing, provides the clinician with information about the level in the spine where a lesion may be present.

Now, at this phase, the program actually has some understanding of the topology of this creature. It kind of knows where the backbone is, where the spine, the limbs are.

At the same time, he demonstrated that he has a spine of steel when he refused to buckle under to severe pressures to renounce the India United States nuclear deal.

As a fish nerd, I have to laugh, because you know they don't call us fish nerds for nothing we actually do get excited about finding a new dorsal spine in a guppy.

Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English the world's second language by the thousands.

Israeli soldiers sprayed the boat with bullets, the 'dum dum' exploding bullets hitting Rafiq in the back and exploding into numerous tiny shrapnel pieces which pierced his lungs and remain dangerously close to his spine, impossible to remove.

I wasn't thinking about a dodo skeleton I just noticed that as I finished this skull, the armature wire that I had been used to holding it up was sticking out of the back just where a spine would be.

Poet Suheir Hammad performs two spine tingling spoken word pieces What I Will and break meditations on war and peace, on women and power. Wait for the astonishing line Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded.