Broken neck. Coloured X-ray of a fracture of the second cervical (neck) vertebra in a 40 year old man (pink, upper right). The first two vertebrae are

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Broken neck. Coloured X-ray of a fracture of the second cervical (neck) vertebra in a 40 year old man (pink, upper right). The first two vertebrae are also partially dislocated (subluxation). This injury may cause paralysis.

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