Surgeons fused Jerry Robin's T3 through T9 vertebrae. "I'm hopeful I can walk again; going to be a hell of a tough road..." ...

Motocross Privateer Jerry Robin was hospitalized after a crash at the East Rutherford SX in New Jersey. He provided an update ...

The spine (aka backbone) is a linked column of bones running from the head down ... There are 5 lumbar vertebrae in the lumbar region. There are 5 sacral vertebrae, which are fused as one bone and ...

The cranio-vertebral joint is thus really a joint between two vertebrae. One or more times during vertebrate evolution, one vertebra at the cranio-vertebral boundary became reduced in size and became ...

This fusion encases the shock-absorbing spinal discs and severely limits the flexibility of the spine. When the vertebrae become fused, it’s sometimes called “bamboo spine.” In this ...