Your spine is composed of a stack of bones called vertebrae. They protect your spinal cord. A Jefferson fracture is another name for a bone fracture of the front and back arches of the C1 vertebra.
In 1890, A. E. Garrod is credited for first noting involvement of the cervical spine in 178 of 500 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 1 Though most often recognized in association with RA, the ...