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. 2018 May 31;16(2):511–516. doi: 10.3892/etm.2018.6245

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Figure 1. — Measurement of the three parameters and three angles of the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra in the superior and lateral views. Representative images in the superior view of the (A and D) ND group and (C) DL group, and (B and E) in the lateral view of the DR group. DL, C7-SP deviating to left; DR, C7-SP deviating to right; ND, no deviation in C7-SP; a, the border of the left transverse process; b, the border of the right transverse process; d, the tip of the SP; a-c, the vertical distance between the left transverse process to the tip of the SP; b-e, the vertical distance between the border of the right transverse process and the tip of the SP; f, the medial point of the rear of spinal canal; d-f, the distance between the tip of the C7-SP and the medial point of the rear of the spinal canal in the lateral aspect; g-h, the axis of the vertebral body. ∠α, the angle between the long axis of the SP and the median line of the vertebra in the superior aspect; ∠β, the angle between the long axis of the SP and the line which crossed the tips of the bilateral transverse processes in the superior aspect; ∠γ, the angle between the vertical body axis and the SP axis in the lateral aspect.