cervicothoracolumbar

English

Etymology

cervico- +‎ thoraco- +‎ lumbar.

Adjective

cervicothoracolumbar (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of or relating to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar portions of the spine.
   • 1971, Daniel Bergsma, The First Conference on the Clinical Delineation of Birth Defects: Special lectures:

     Radiographic examination revealed slight cervicothoracolumbar scoliosis and a transitional vertebra at the lumbosacral junction. Both navicular bones were broad and their medial edges were prominent.

   • 1978, Canadian Journal of Zoology:

     The relative length of the cervical to the thoracolumbar region was calculated by taking the length of each of these regions as a percentage of the total length of the cervicothoracolumbar region.

   • 1987, James M. Hurst, Common Problems in Trauma, Year Book Medical Pub:

     If palpation of the cervicothoracolumbar spine shows any areas of tenderness, appropriate films should be considered before the patient is moved.

   • 1995, Marshall B. Allen, Essentials of neurosurgery: a guide to clinical practice, McGraw-Hill Companies:

     The cervicothoracolumbar vertebrae are mobile, but the sacral and coccygeal segments are often fused to form the sacrum and coccyx. There are 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 4 coccygeal (Coc1 to Coc4) vertebrae.

   • 2010, Lyle J. Micheli, Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine, SAGE, →ISBN, page 963:

     The examiner applies overpressure to the cervical spine to maintain cervicothoracolumbar flexion.

   • 2012, Edward C. Benzel, Spine Surgery 2-Vol Set: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and Management (Expert Consult - Online), Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1929:

     […] ; however, there are case reports of good outcomes with extended laminectomy and surgical debridement of cervicothoracolumbar SEAs.

   • 2012, Efrat Saraf-Lavi, Spine Imaging E-Book: Case Review Series (Expert Consult - Online), Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 129:

     In order of decreasing frequency, the reported locations of chordoma are sacrococcygeal (50% to 60%), skull base (25% to 35%), and cervicothoracolumbar vertebral bodies (approximately 15%).