The biomechanical study helps us to understand the mechanics of the human cervical spine. A three dimensional Finite Element (FE) model for C3 to C6 level was developed using computed tomography (CT) scan data to study the mechanical behaviour of the cervical spine. A moment of 1 Nm was applied at the top of C3 vertebral end plate and all degrees of freedom of bottom end plate of C6 were constrained. The physiological motion of the cervical spine was validated using published experimental and FE analysis results. The von Mises stress distribution across the intervertebral disc was calculated along with range of motion. It was observed that the predicted results of functional spine units using FE analysis replicate the real behaviour of the cervical spine.
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