Compressed spine. Frontal,three dimensional,coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of the sacrum of a patient with a compressed spine in the lumbar-sacral (lower) region. The lowest lumbar vertebra (pink block,upper centre) is touching the sacrum (below vertebra),a bone that joins to the coccyx (tail bone,lower centre) and the pelvis. In a healthy spine the vertebrae are separated by intervertebral disks. Compression may be caused by osteoporosis (brittle bone disease) or arthrosis,a degenerative joint disease. It can cause back pain and immobility | |
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