The fortune of a capacious spinal canal.
Injury to the spine may be either osseous, neural, or both. The neurological deficit may or may not be a reflection of the severity of the osseous injury. Patients having wide canals are more likely to have less neurological dysfunction than those having narrow canals.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology