Conditions Flashcards
Lumbarization?
S1 isn’t completely fused with the rest of sacrum, can become an ‘L6’
Occipitalization?
partial or complete fusion of C1 to Co
Paralysis?
loss of control of skeletal muscle
Paresis?
slight or incomplete paralysis (weakness)
Paresthesia?
abnormal sensation (like the feeling of heating your ‘funny bone’)
Ponticulum?
a bony bridge caused by the ossification of ligaments (like Atlantooccipital…)
Pseudoarthrosis?
false/additional articulation (like when L5 has broad TP surface to sacrum)
Sacrilization?
L5 (or Cx1) is partly/completely fused to sacrum
Schmorl’s node?
part of the nucleus pulposas is displaced through vertebral end plate into the vertebral body
Spondylolysis?
a break in vertebra at the pars interarticularis
Spondylolysthesis?
displacement of vertebra from normal position
Spondyloschisis?
(aka ‘spina bifida’) vertebral arch is discontinuous, broken into 2 pieces
Stenosis?
the narrowing of vertebral foramen
Synostosis?
a joint that has become ossified
Tropism?
an asymmetry of facet planes within a segment