If youâre concerned about disc protrusions, a general list of symptoms to watch for include: 1  Discomfort, numbness and tingling in the affected area and associated limbs. 2  Localized neck and back pain. 3  General stiffness and soreness, especially in the morning or after periods of inactivity. 4  Sciatica. 5  Muscle weakness.
Definition of ETIOLOGY. 1. : cause, origin; specifically: the cause of a disease or abnormal condition. 2. : a branch of knowledge concerned with causes; specifically: a branch of medical science concerned with the causes and origins of diseases.
anatomy (n.) late 14c., study or knowledge of the structure and function of the human body (learned by dissection); c. 1400, anatomical structure, from Old French anatomie and directly from Late Latin anatomia, from late Greek anatomia for classical anatome dissection, literally a cutting up, from ana up (see ana-) + temnein to cut (from PIE root *tem-to cut).