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Your backbone, also called the vertebral column, is made up of 33 vertebrae separated by spongy disks.

Detailed information on obesity, including obesity causes, obesity health effects, obesity medical treatment, obesity surgical treatment, maintaining weight loss, and obesity prevention

Detailed information on deep vein thrombosis and thrombophlebitis, including causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and full-color anatomical illustrations.

Renal vascular disease affects the blood flow into and out of the kidneys. It may cause kidney damage, kidney failure, and high blood pressure.

Vision, hearing, and speech are an important part of your child's life. When an infant is born, their eyesight is immature. The infant later develops the ability to focus. Hearing appears early as a baby develops in its mother's uterus. Hearing is needed for correct speech and language development.

A pregnancy is divided into three phases, called trimesters. Each trimester has its own major milestones.

Therapeutic radiology is also called radiation oncology or radiation therapy. It is the treatment of cancer and other diseases with radiation. Learn more about therapeutic radiology.

Detailed anatomical information on the respiratory system in pregnancy.

A mutation is a change in a gene that prevents it from working right. We inherit mutations from our parents in specific ways, one of which is called autosomal dominant inheritance.