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Atlanto-Occiptal Articulation
Synovial condyloid
Atlanto-Axial articulation
2 Synovial plane/gliding
1 Synovial pivot
Zygapophyseal Joint Articulation
Facet joints
Plane/gliding
Intervertebral disc articulation
Secondary cartilaginous
Cervical Dislocation mechanism
Due to sloped facets, superior cervical segments can slide anteriorly and superiorly along inferior segments
Jefferson fracture
Trauma (usually from above) travels through skull and bursts the the arch of the atlas. Usually no spinal cord damage.
Bonk go to horny jail
Hangman Fracture
Hyperextension breaks pars articularis of axis bilaterally
Osteoporosis cause
Ca++ metabolism deficiency
Dowanger’s hump
Nana hump
Exaggerated kyphosis and decreased lordosis, makes you short
Dens Fracture consequences
Avascular necrosis of dens
Dens fragments lacerate cord
Transverse ligmanent of atlas rupture consequence
Compression of spinal cord by dens
Populations with lax transverse ligament of atlas
Marfans
Down syndrome
Spinal stenosis symptoms
Bilateral extremity pain or numbness
Incontinence
Spinal stenosis fix
Surgical laminectomy
Causes of spinal stenosis
Protruding intervertebral disc
Meningeoma
Bone changes
Ligament Hyperthropy (posterior longitudinal, ligamentum flavum)
Zygapophyseal joints
Congenital Scoliosis cause
Improperly formed vertebra (fused/hemi)