Diagram Of The Spine And Neck. The cervical spine. Together the vertebrae support the skull move the spine and protect.
The cervical spine diagram shown below is a lateral view which means you are looking at the spine from its side. There are seven vertebrae in the cervical spine neck area which surround the spinal canal and the spinal cord. Here is a list of the many muscles that exist in the neck.
In turn the spinal cord relays essential information between the brain and the body.
Contain the common carotid artery internal jugular vein. It runs from the neck to the upper back. Spinal stenosis usually affects the cervical neck and lumbar low back spinal regions. The neck also called the cervical spine is a well engineered structure of bones nerves muscles ligaments and tendons.