Internal morphology of human facet joints: Comparing cervical and lumbar spine with regard to age, gender and the vertebral core

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-241

  Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a   Zanker, Daniel ^a   Wolfram, Uwe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Facet joints; Lumbar spine; Micro computed tomography; Trabecular architecture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; TRABECULAR BONE; TRABECULAR SEPARATION; TRABECULAR THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84856777877     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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