The paraspinal muscles are the muscles that support your spine and allow you to do a range of movements. We’ll go over all the different paraspinal muscles and what they do before covering ...

This article discusses the anatomy of the spine in more detail, including its functions, segments, and parts. It also explores common conditions affecting the spine and when someone may consider ...

The muscles of the lower back help stabilize, rotate, flex, and extend the spinal column, which is a bony tower of 24 vertebrae that gives the body structure and houses the spinal cord.

Drexel's Spinal Cord Research Center is engaged in an innovative and multi-disciplinary program for studying the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury and the use of various therapeutic strategies ...

The spinal cord is a long bundle of nerves and cells that carries signals between the brain and body. This article looks at the spinal cord’s function and anatomy and includes an interactive ...

Axial MRI of the Lumbar Spine - T2 weighted image at the L4 level. On this view centered over the L4-L5 disk, one can see well the cauda equina surrounded by CSF (note that CSF is bright on ...

Human Anatomy - Nervous System Click on the labels below to find out more about your nervous system and senses. Your spinal cord can be divided into four sections shown in green, blue, pink and ...