Pashkova I G, Kosourov A K
Department of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Petrozavodsk State University, St. Petersburg.
Morfologiia. 2004;125(1):80-2.
Morphological characteristics of spine cervical region were studied in 132 patients (62 female and 70 male) aged 12-76 years using magnetic resonance tomography. The imaging was performed with the use of T1 and T2--weighting regimes. The study revealed sex- and age-dependent differences in the dimensions of cervical vertebrae. Height and sagittal dimensions of vertebral bodies were significantly smaller in females than in males. With advancing age the reduction in vertebral body height was more expressed in women, while the increase of vertebral body sagittal dimensions was similar in both males and females. The sagittal dimension of vertebral canal was correlated with sagittal dimension of vertebral body (r = 0.69) in males and with transverse dimension of vertebral body (r = 0.82) in females. The data obtained should be taken into consideration during evaluation of the state of bony structures of cervical vertebrae, intervertebral discs and in the diagnosis of pathological processes in the spine cervical region.
利用磁共振断层扫描技术，对132例年龄在12至76岁之间的患者（62名女性和70名男性）的颈椎区域形态特征进行了研究。成像采用T1和T2加权模式。研究揭示了颈椎尺寸存在性别和年龄依赖性差异。女性椎体的高度和矢状径明显小于男性。随着年龄增长，女性椎体高度的降低更为明显，而男性和女性椎体矢状径的增加相似。男性椎管矢状径与椎体矢状径相关（r = 0.69），女性椎管矢状径与椎体横径相关（r = 0.82）。在评估颈椎椎体、椎间盘的骨质结构状态以及诊断颈椎区域的病理过程时，应考虑所获得的数据。
