title: An anatomical basis for the neck-tongue syndrome.
abstract: The C2 nerve roots and rami were dissected in five cadavers to explore the pathogenesis of Neck-Tongue Syndrome. The most likely cause of the simultaneous occurrence of suboccipital pain and ipsilateral numbness of the tongue is an abnormal subluxation of one lateral atlanto-axial joint with impaction of the C2 ventral ramus against the subluxated articular processes.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001368:Axis, Cervical Vertebra / Q000473:pathology; D001270:Cervical Atlas / Q000473:pathology; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000473:pathology; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000473:pathology*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000473:pathology; D014059:Tongue / Q000294:innervation*