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[Traumatic and posttraumatic lesions of the cranio-vertebral junction (author's transl)]. 1978

J P Braun

Trauma of the cranio-vertebral junction does not only cause osseous and ligamentous injuries but also nervous and vascular damage. The peculiar structure of these joints and trauma by hyperextension as well as forced bending of the spinal cord provoke distorsion, dislocations and fractures of atlas and axis as well as occipital condyles. A radiographic examination of these lesions must be minute and tomography and functional tests employed. Post-traumatic, neurologic and vascular complications are often the cause for acute and chronic bulbo-medullary alterations.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008022	Ligaments	Shiny, flexible bands of fibrous tissue connecting together articular extremities of bones. They are pliant, tough, and inextensile.	Interosseal Ligament,Interosseous Ligament,Interosseal Ligaments,Interosseous Ligaments,Ligament,Ligament, Interosseal,Ligament, Interosseous
D009777	Occipital Bone	Part of the back and base of the CRANIUM that encloses the FORAMEN MAGNUM.	Basilar Bone,Basilar Bones,Bone, Basilar,Bone, Occipital,Bones, Basilar,Bones, Occipital,Occipital Bones
D004204	Joint Dislocations	Displacement of bones from their normal positions at a joint.	Inferior Dislocation,Joint Subluxations,Luxatio Erecta,Dislocation, Joint,Dislocations, Joint,Inferior Dislocations,Joint Dislocation,Joint Subluxation,Subluxation, Joint,Subluxations, Joint
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001270	Cervical Atlas	The first cervical vertebra.	Atlas, Cervical,Arcuate Foramen,C1 Vertebra,Kimmerle Anomaly,Ponticulus Posterior of the Atlas,Ponticulus Posticus,Anomaly, Kimmerle,C1 Vertebras,Vertebra, C1,Vertebras, C1
D001368	Axis, Cervical Vertebra	The second cervical vertebra.	Epistropheus,C2 Vertebra,Cervical Vertebra Axis,Os Odontoideum,C2 Vertebras,Vertebra Axis, Cervical
D013124	Spinal Injuries	Injuries involving the vertebral column.	Injuries, Spinal,Injury, Spinal,Spinal Injury
D014056	Tomography, X-Ray	Tomography using x-ray transmission.	Tomography, Transmission,X-Ray Tomography,Zonography,Radiographic Tomography,Tomography, Radiographic,Tomography, X Ray,Tomography, Xray,Transmission Tomography,X Ray Tomography,Xray Tomography
D014911	Whiplash Injuries	Hyperextension injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind by a fast-moving vehicle, in an automobile accident. (From Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)	Injuries, Whiplash,Injury, Whiplash,Whiplash Injury
D050723	Fractures, Bone	Breaks in bones.	Bone Fractures,Broken Bones,Spiral Fractures,Torsion Fractures,Bone Fracture,Bone, Broken,Bones, Broken,Broken Bone,Fracture, Bone,Fracture, Spiral,Fracture, Torsion,Fractures, Spiral,Fractures, Torsion,Spiral Fracture,Torsion Fracture