Neck - Cervical Spine

The neck or cervical spine is the top part of the spine between the head and shoulders. The cervical spine has seven vertebra of which the bottom five are designed similarly and the top 2 are very different.

Most of the problems from the neck come from the bottom 5 vertebra (cervical vertebra 3 through cervical vertebra 7 or more commonly called C3-7).  Each vertebra has a large body in front separated by a disc and two medium sized joints or facets in back. In the center, there is a large (normally) spinal canal which houses  the spinal cord.