Conditions Flashcards

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Lumbarization?

A

S1 isn’t completely fused with the rest of sacrum, can become an ‘L6’

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2
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Occipitalization?

A

partial or complete fusion of C1 to Co

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3
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Paralysis?

A

loss of control of skeletal muscle

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4
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Paresis?

A

slight or incomplete paralysis (weakness)

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5
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Paresthesia?

A

abnormal sensation (like the feeling of heating your ‘funny bone’)

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6
Q

Ponticulum?

A

a bony bridge caused by the ossification of ligaments (like Atlantooccipital…)

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7
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Pseudoarthrosis?

A

false/additional articulation (like when L5 has broad TP surface to sacrum)

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8
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Sacrilization?

A

L5 (or Cx1) is partly/completely fused to sacrum

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9
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Schmorl’s node?

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part of the nucleus pulposas is displaced through vertebral end plate into the vertebral body

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10
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Spondylolysis?

A

a break in vertebra at the pars interarticularis

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11
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Spondylolysthesis?

A

displacement of vertebra from normal position

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12
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Spondyloschisis?

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(aka ‘spina bifida’) vertebral arch is discontinuous, broken into 2 pieces

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13
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Stenosis?

A

the narrowing of vertebral foramen

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14
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Synostosis?

A

a joint that has become ossified

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15
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Tropism?

A

an asymmetry of facet planes within a segment

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