title: Functional anatomy of the spine by Avicenna in his eleventh century treatise Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (The Canons of Medicine).
abstract: The history of spinal surgery is an important part of the spine-related sciences. The development of treatment strategies for spine-related disorders is acquired from the Western literature. In this article, an Eastern physician, Ibn Sina, who is known as Avicenna in the West, and his treatise, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (the Canons of Medicine), are presented. Eight chapters of this book regarding the functional neuroanatomy of the spine were reviewed and are presented to give insight into the development of the understanding of spinal anatomy and biomechanics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, University Hospital, Inciralti, 35340 Izmir, Turkey. snaderi@deu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Sait
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naderi
authors.forename: Feridun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Tansu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mertol
authors.forename: M Nuri
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Arda
mesh_terms: D001877:Books / Q000266:history*; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008092:Literature, Medieval / Q000266:history; D008514:Medicine, Arabic / Q000266:history*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery