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. 2018 Sep-Oct;52(5):489–500. doi: 10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_607_17

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Diagrammatic representation of the relative size of head of a child in comparison with body size. This peculiarity of pediatric spine fixes the fulcrum of cervical motion at C2/C3 in younger patients and predispose them to high levels of cervical injury