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  2. Vertebral artery dissection - Wikipedia

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    Vertebral artery dissection is one of the two types of cervical artery dissection.The other type, carotid artery dissection, involves the carotid arteries.Vertebral artery dissection is further classified as being either traumatic (caused by mechanical trauma to the neck) or spontaneous, and it may also be classified by the part of the artery involved: extracranial (the part outside the skull ...

  3. Arterial dissections - Wikipedia

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    Arterial dissections become life-threatening when growth of the false lumen prevents perfusion of the true lumen and the related end organs. For example, in an aortic dissection, if the left subclavian artery orifice were distal to the origin of the dissection, then the left subclavian would be said to be perfused by the false lumen, while the left common carotid (and its end organ, the left ...

  4. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis - Wikipedia

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    Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a condition characterized by abnormal calcification/bone formation (hyperostosis) of the soft tissues surrounding the joints of the spine, and also of the peripheral or appendicular skeleton. [1] In the spine, there is bone formation along the anterior longitudinal ligament and sometimes the ...

  5. Spinal cord - Wikipedia

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    The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue that extends from the medulla oblongata in the lower brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone) of vertebrate animals. The center of the spinal cord is hollow and contains a structure called the central canal, which contains cerebrospinal fluid.

  6. Cervical artery dissection - Wikipedia

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    Cervical artery dissection has been noted to be a common cause of young adult strokes, with some sources indicating a prevalence of up to 20% in this young adult population with annual incidence rates between 2.6 and 2.9 per 100,000, although these incidences may be misleading with true incidences being higher because clinical presentations can vary, many being minor or self-limited, and thus ...

  7. YouTuber Paul Harrell Announces His Own Death from Pancreatic ...

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    Paul Harrell makes his YouTube announcement. YouTuber Paul Harrell has announced his own death from pancreatic cancer at 58. In a prerecorded posted on Wednesday, Sept. 4, and titled "I’m Dead ...

  8. De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem - Wikipedia

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    The Fabrica is known for its highly detailed illustrations of human dissections, often in allegorical poses. De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (Latin, "On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books") is a set of books on human anatomy written by Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) and published in 1543. It was a major advance in the history ...

  9. Dissection - Wikipedia

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    Dissection (from Latin dissecare "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization) is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure. Autopsy is used in pathology and forensic medicine to determine the cause of death in humans. Less extensive dissection of plants and smaller animals preserved in a ...