cervicothoracolumbar

cervicothoracolumbar

English

Etymology

cervico- +‎ thoraco- +‎ lumbar.

Adjective

cervicothoracolumbar (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of or relating to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar portions of the spine.
   • 1971, Daniel Bergsma, The First Conference on the Clinical Delineation of Birth Defects: Special lectures

     Radiographic examination revealed slight cervicothoracolumbar scoliosis and a transitional vertebra at the lumbosacral junction. Both navicular bones were broad and their medial edges were prominent.

   • 1978, Canadian Journal of Zoology

     The relative length of the cervical to the thoracolumbar region was calculated by taking the length of each of these regions as a percentage of the total length of the cervicothoracolumbar region.

   • 1987, James M. Hurst, Common Problems in Trauma, Year Book Medical Pub

     If palpation of the cervicothoracolumbar spine shows any areas of tenderness, appropriate films should be considered before the patient is moved.

   • 1995, Marshall B. Allen, Essentials of neurosurgery: a guide to clinical practice, McGraw-Hill Companies

     The cervicothoracolumbar vertebrae are mobile, but the sacral and coccygeal segments are often fused to form the sacrum and coccyx. There are 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 4 coccygeal (Coc1 to Coc4) vertebrae.

   • 2010, Lyle J. Micheli, Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine, SAGE (→ISBN), page 963

     The examiner applies overpressure to the cervical spine to maintain cervicothoracolumbar flexion.

   • 2012, Edward C. Benzel, Spine Surgery 2-Vol Set: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management (Expert Consult - Online), Elsevier Health Sciences (→ISBN), page 1929

     […] ; however, there are case reports of good outcomes with extended laminectomy and surgical debridement of cervicothoracolumbar SEAs.

   • 2012, Efrat Saraf-Lavi, Spine Imaging E-Book: Case Review Series (Expert Consult - Online), Elsevier Health Sciences (→ISBN), page 129

     In order of decreasing frequency, the reported locations of chordoma are sacrococcygeal (50% to 60%), skull base (25% to 35%), and cervicothoracolumbar vertebral bodies (approximately 15%).