lab shizz

Question 1

Uniform loss of joint space indicates

Answer 1

chronic inflammatory issue

Question 2

inflammatory processes are characterized by ______

Answer 2

erosions

Question 3

ABCs

Answer 3

articulations
bones
cartilage
soft tissue

Question 4

osteophytes are indicative of

Answer 4

DGD

Question 5

what must you know about every case?

Answer 5

ALAS

Question 6

ALAS stands for

Answer 6

appearance
location
age
symptoms

combine clinical w/ radiographic

Question 7

minimum retrodental space is ____

Answer 7

16mm

Question 8

course trabeculea is characteristic of

Answer 8

paget’s disease

Question 9

Paget’s usually has ___ symptoms

Answer 9

no

Question 10

Paget’s can differentiate into

Answer 10

osteosarcoma

Question 11

snaking of _____ artery is uncommon in the upper left quadrant in Paget’s

Answer 11

splenic

Question 12

where do you look for vascular claudication?

Answer 12

femoral artery - medial to neck of trochanter

Question 13

multiple segmentation failures=>lowers neck and hairline

Answer 13

Klippel-Fiel syndrome

Question 14

Inverted Napoleon hat is usually characteristic of

Answer 14

exaggerated hyper lordosis and disruption of contour lines

Question 15

antero spondylolistesis can cause ____ degeneration

Answer 15

disc

Question 16

Patchy, localized, para-articular widely spread bone islands is characteristic of?

Answer 16

Poikylodosis

Question 17

how can you tell Poikylodosis or plastic METS

Answer 17

Poikylodosis (usually does not hurt) (para-articular)
Blastic METS (hurts) (everywhere)