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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 12 Etiology and pathology of CSM Research [Keywords:] cervical myelopathy; cause pathology; review literature CSM (cervical spondylotic myelopathy, CSM) is due to cervical disc degeneration and facet joint pathology into the basic and secondary osteophyte formation of vertebral body margin, and thus dominate the spinal cord compression spinal cord or blood vessels, leading to the cervical spinal cord pressure or (and) barriers and cause spinal cord blood supply of spinal cord dysfunction associated with spinal cord disease, often in need of surgery. occurrence of cervical myelopathy with cervical anatomy and biomechanics characteristics related to cervical spinal cord research The etiology and pathology, clinical manifestations for the understanding of their significance, and help to improve diagnosis and treatment. CSM becomes the basic concept is the main pathologic disc degeneration, including degeneration of the adjacent vertebral osteophyte formation hyperplasia, so that the segment of spinal stenosis and lead to chronic compression of the spinal cord, causing the clinical symptoms and related signs. in clinical, CSM has many different symptoms and imaging findings, but the CSM is the pathological process to follow certain rules. A cervical spine degeneration 1.1 disc degeneration degenerative cervical disc disease cervical change is the development of pathological processes and start the most important cause factors. Generally believed that the intervertebral disc in 30 years that began before the degeneration [1], is the human body was the first to degeneration organization. cervical intervertebral disc from the nucleus, annulus, the upper and lower cartilage composition, plays absorb shock, conduction role of stress and maintain balance. three mutual restraint, each other. annulus degeneration first appeared about 20 years of age or there may be a transparent fibrous tissue degeneration, the reversible stages of disea