Demographic aspects in cervical vertebral bodies' size and shape (C3-C7): a skeletal study

The cervical vertebral bodies' shape and size are sex-dependent phenomena, that is, in all parameters studied, the dimensions were greater in males than in females. For the midcervical level, there is a difference in body shape between individuals of different ethnic origins. The cervical vertebral bodies also exhibit considerable size and shape changes with age, that is, they become more elongated (oval shaped), wider, and shorter. In contrast, vertebral foramen size is age independent.