The 1980 Backbone of Soviet Union Hockey Wasn’t a Mere 33 Segmented Column of Osteocytes
As a spine surgeon, I have been rhetorically asked by patients with chronic spine pain, “Can you just remove my spine?” Of course, the answer is “no”, we don’t do “spine-ectomies”. Even though 90% of animals don’t have one, the backbone is one of the most important evolutionary innovations in the history of life. Vertebrates…