Congenital spinal deformities are generally occurred by genetic factors, vitamin deficiency, chemicals and medicinal drugsimpacted in the child. Congenital spinal deformities are occurred before the child is born and continues after birth too. These deformities basically classified into three types namely Neural tube defects, failure of segmentation and failure of formation of the spinal cord. The following article will acknowledge you more about the embryology of the spine and the deformities of the spine