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Basilar Skull

  1. Temporal Bone
  2. Occipital Bone
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  1. Mandibular Fossa
  2. Styloid Process
  3. Stylomastoid Foramen
  4. Mastoid Process
  5. Mastoid Notch
  6. Mastoid Foramen
  7. Pharyngeal Tubercle
  8. Occipital Condyle
  9. Condylar Canal
  10. Inferior Nuchal Line
  11. External Occipital Crest
  12. Superior Nuchal Line
  13. External Occipital Protuberance
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Temporal Bone

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Occipital Bone

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Spine:

  1. Cervical (7)
  2. Thoracic (12)
  3. Lumbar (5)
  4. Sacrum (5 fused)
  5. Coccyx (3-5 fused)
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Typical Vertebra:

  1. Lamina
  2. Spinous Process
  3. Transverse Processes
  4. Articulating Processes
  5. Pedicle
  6. Vertebral Arch
  7. Vertebral Foramen
  8. Vertebral Body
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  1. Vertebral Body
  2. Vertebral Arch
  3. Superior Articulating Processes
  4. Vertebral Notch
  5. Pedicle
  6. Inferior Articulating Processes
  7. Spinous Process
  8. Lamina
  9. Transverse Processes
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Cervical Vertebrae (7)

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Type?

Unique Features:

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Type: Cervical Vertebrae

Unique Features:

  1. “Bifed” Spinous Process
  2. Large Triangular Vertebral Foramen
  3. Anterior and Posterior Tubercles on Transverse Processes
  4. Uncinate Processes
  5. Transverse Foramen
  6. Costotransverse Bar
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Type:

Number:

Unique Features:

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Cervical Vertebrae

C1 Atlas

  1. Superior Articulating Facet
  2. Groove for the Vertebral A.
  3. Posterior Tubercle
  4. Posterior Arch
  5. Transverse Foramen
  6. Transverse Process
  7. Anterior Arch
  8. Anterior Tubercle
  9. Tubercle for the Transverse L.
  10. Fovea for Dens
  11. Lateral Mass
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Jefferson Fracture

C1 atlas

top of head force trauma like diving

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Type?

Number?

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Cervical

C2 Axis

  1. Dens
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Name of Fracture:

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Treatment:

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Name: Hangman’s Fracture

AKA: Traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axis

Levine and Edwards Classification

Type II

Treatment:

Cervical traction to improve the displacement and immobilization in halo vest

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Classifications

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Odontoid Fracture Classification

Type 1: Fracture of upper part. Rare and potentially unstable.

Type 2: Fracture at the base of odontoid. Unstable and high risk of non-union.

Type 3: Through the odontoid and into lateral masses of C2. Best prognosis for healing.

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Spina Bifida Occulta

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  • mildest form
  • incomplete formation of posterior arch of spinal column
  • seen in LS spine. Typically S1
  • fatty deposit, hemangioma or tuft of hair
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Thoracic Vertebrae (12)

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Type:

Features:

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Thoracic Vertebrae

Unique Features:

  1. Small Round Vertebrae Foramen
  2. “Heart” Shaped Vertebral Body
  3. Well Pronounced Lamina
  4. Superior Costal Facet
  5. Inferior Costal Facet
  6. Transverse Costal Facet
  7. Strongly inferiorly directed Spinous Process
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Joint Type

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Costovertebral Joint

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Type:

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Typical Thoracic Vertebrae

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Condition?

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Cervical Spondylosis

Normal –> Spondylitic

*degenerative

  • degeneration of intervertebral discs and spurs
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  1. Normal
  2. Spondylolysis = fracture
  3. Spondylolisthesis = displaced
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Typical Ribs (3-9)

  1. Costal Body
  2. Costal Tubercle
  3. Costal Neck
  4. Costal Head
  5. Superior Articular Facet
  6. Crest of the Head
  7. Inferior Articular Facet
  8. Articular Facet
  9. Costal Groove
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Type:

Number:

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Lumbar Vertebrae (5)

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Type:

Features:

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Lumbar Vertebrae

Unique Features:

  1. Long Slender Transverse Process
  2. Large Oval Shaped Vertebral Foramen
  3. Mammillary Process
  4. Accessory Process
  5. Large “Kidney” Shaped Vertebral Body
  6. Short Sturdy “Hatchet” shaped Spinous Process
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Normal vs. What condition? What vertabrae type?
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
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Procedure?
Lumbar Puncture
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Bone? Features?
Sacrum 1. Sacral Tuberosity 2. Superior Articulating Process 3. Median Sacral Crest 4. Lateral Sacral Crest 5. Posterior Sacral Foramina 6. Sacral Comua 7. Sacral Hiatus 8. Medial (Intermediate) Sacral Crest
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Sacrum 1. Sacral Ala 2. Sacral Promontory 3. Vertebral Body of S1 4. Transverse Lines 5. Sacral Apex 6. Anterior Sacral Foramina
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Sacrum 1. Median Sacral Crest 2. Auricular Surface of the Sacrum 3. Sacral Promontory
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Sacrum 1. Sacral Ala 2. Sacral Canal 3. Superior Articulating Process 4. Median Sacral Crest 5. Medial (Intermediate) Sacral Crest 6. Lateral Sacral Crest 7. Vertebral Body of S1
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Sacrum Vertebral Homologues
1. Median Sacral Crest - fused Spinous Processes 2. Medial Sacral Crest - fused Articulating Processes 3. Lateral Sacral Crest - fused Transverse Processes
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Sacralization
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Bone? Features?
Coccyx 1. Transverse Process 2. Coccygeal Cornua 3. Tip
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1. Normal 2. Kyphosis 3. Lordosis 4. Scoliosis
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Hip Bone; Os Coxa

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