Spine revisited: principles and parlance redefined.
A revised appreciation of the evolution and the nature of bone in general and of vertebrae in particular, allows revisiting the human spine to usher in some new principles and more rational parlance, that embody spine's phylogeny, ontogeny, anatomy and physiology. Such an approach accords primacy to spine's soft-tissues, and relegates to its bones a secondary place.
Departments of Anatomy and Medicine, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai-400 012, India.
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Kothari
Lopa
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Mehta
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Natarajan
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Kothari
D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D013131:Spine / Q000502:physiology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic