This overview article discusses the cervical spine’s anatomy and function, including movements, vertebrae, discs, muscles, ligaments, spinal nerves, and the spinal cord. Introduction the cervical spine is the most mobile region of the spine and enables the head with its sensory organs of sight, hearing and smell to be oriented independently from the trunk. Cervical spine your cervical spine consists of the first seven vertebrae in your spine.

In tetrapods, cervical vertebrae (sg. : Vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull. Truncal vertebrae (divided into thoracic and lumbar vertebrae in mammals) lie caudal (toward …