Morphometric and Volumetric Analysis of the Lateral Masses of the Lower Cervical Spine.

The article presents a study which analyzes lateral masses of the lower cervical spine. In this study, morphometric and volumetric analyses of the lower cervical spine lateral masses of male and female patients who underwent a cervical computed tomography scanning were performed. Result shows that the sagittal height of C5 and C6 lateral masses differed in both men and women. It adds that the C7 lateral mass has greater height and comparable thickness as higher cervical spine.