title
home divider head and neck divider brain divider face divider spine divider chest divider abdomen divider genitourinary divider extremities
Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord
toggle
19 weeks a b  
  Axial view of the cervical spine (arrow). This image clearly depicts C1, the atlas. Cervical spinal cord in spinal canal.  
21 weeks c d d
  The spinal cord is clearly seen. Note the atlas encircling the spinal cord (arrow). The junction of the pyramidal decussation and rostral spinal cord (arrow) is visible in this plane. Apparent thinning of the cord at this point is artifactual due to the plane of section.
24 weeks c c  
    Cervical spine of the presenting twin (image oriented for fetal anatomy).  
26 weeks c c  
       
29 weeks c c  
       
33 weeks c c  
  T1-weighted image. Water excitation sequence highlights vertebrae.  
35 weeks c c