Horizontal cross-sections of the cervical spine. Computed tomography and anatomy every 6 mm.

Comparison between the anatomical and computed tomographical aspects, was performed on horizontal cross-sections every 6 mm, of one human cervical spine. The entire spine was taken off from a fresh man's cadaver with the head and neck. The sample was first computed tomographied and then anatomically sawn on the same levels with the same thickness. The differences between both techniques are minimal, dued to the analysis of a plane for the anatomy and the integration of a volume for the C.T. scan. Clinical and fundamental applications are pointed.