The effect of intervertebral cartilage on neutral posture and range of motion in the necks of sauropod dinosaurs [PDF]
, 2013 The necks of sauropod dinosaurs were a key factor in their evolution. The habitual posture and range of motion of these necks has been controversial, and computer-aided studies have argued for an obligatory sub-horizontal pose.
A Christian +45 more
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Vertebroplasty of Cervical Vertebra [PDF]
Polish Journal of Radiology, 2015 The first vertebroplasty was performed by Harve Deramond in France in 1984 due to a hemangioma of cervical vertebral body. Procedure technique consisted of inserting a needle through the bony palate of the oral cavity. Bone cement injected under pressure not only fills the areas of bone loss.
Kordecki, Kazimierz +9 more
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Laminar avulsion in a cervical vertebra [PDF]
American Journal of Roentgenology, 1977 An unusual avulsion fracture involving the lamina of a cervical vertebra, most likely due to tear of a ligamentum flavum, is described. Its radiographic features may be quite subtle. Simulation of this fracture on dried skeleton allowed a better understanding of its appearance on the standard projections, its mechanism of occurrence, and its delayed ...
CV Cimmino, DW Scott
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Intraosseous pneumatocyst of the cervical vertebra [PDF]
Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2015 Intraosseous pneumatocyst is a rare, asymptomatic, benign, air-containing entity that is usually discovered incidentally on imaging. These lesions are most often seen in the ilium and sacrum in the vicinity of the sacro-iliac joint. Despite its benign nature, awareness of this entity and its imaging characteristics is important to distinguish it from ...
Lovleen Satija +4 more
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Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks [PDF]
, 2012 The necks of the sauropod dinosaurs reached 15 m in length: six times longer than that of the world record giraffe and five times longer than those of all other terrestrial animals.
Taylor, Michael P., Wedel, Mathew J.
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The effects of a common stainless steel orthodontic bracket on the diagnostic quality of cranial and cervical 3T-MR images: a prospective, case-control study [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of orthodontic stainless steel brackets and two different types of archwires (stainless steel and nickel-titanium) on the diagnostic quality of 3T-MR images.
CANTISANI, VITO +6 more
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Clinical significance of presence of accessory foramen transversarium in typical cervical vertebrae [PDF]
, 2016 Background: The cervical vertebrae are smallest of all the vertebrae present in the vertebral column. It is characterized by a foramen in each transverse process.
Chauhan, Renu, N., Esakkiammal
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The postcranial skeleton of Monolophosaurus jiangi (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China, and a review of Middle Jurassic Chinese theropods [PDF]
, 2010 The Middle Jurassic was a critical time in the evolution of theropod dinosaurs, highlighted by the origination and radiation of the large-bodied and morphologically diverse Tetanurae.
ZHAO XI-JIN +34 more
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Caudal cervical vertebral morphological variation is not associated with clinical signs in Warmblood horses [PDF]
, 2020 Background Variation in equine caudal cervical spine morphology at C6 and C7 has high prevalence in Warmblood horses and is suspected to be associated with pain in a large mixed-breed group of horses.
Back, Willem +6 more
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Aristonectes quiriquinensis, sp. nov., a new highly derived elasmosaurid from the upper Maastrichtian of central Chile [PDF]
, 2014 This paper describes a new species of elasmosaurid plesiosaur, Aristonectes quiriquinensis, sp. nov., based on a partial skeleton recovered from upper Maastrichtian beds of the Quiriquina Formation of central Chile.
O'gorman, Jose Patricio +8 more
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