Kothari, M V LMehta, LopaNatarajan, MKothari, V M2005-12-282009-06-032005-12-282009-06-032005-12-28Kothari MV, Mehta L, Natarajan M, Kothari VM. Spine revisited: principles and parlance redefined. Neurology India. 2005 Dec; 53(4): 397-8http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/121174A revised appreciation of the evolution and the nature of bone in general and of vertebrae in particular, allows revisiting the human spine to usher in some new principles and more rational parlance, that embody spine's phylogeny, ontogeny, anatomy and physiology. Such an approach accords primacy to spine's soft-tissues, and relegates to its bones a secondary place.engBone and Bones --physiologyHumansSpine --physiologyTerminology as TopicJournal Article