Spine and spinal cord test

Question 1

which conditions sometimes coexist

Answer 1

spina bifida and tethered cord

Question 2

what condition results in abnormal stiffening of the vertebral column

Answer 2

ankylosing spondylitis

Question 3

what is most common primary neoplasm of spinal cord

Answer 3

spinal ependymoma

Question 4

what is most common area of the spine to identify spinal metastasis

Answer 4

thoracic spine

Question 5

what is chronic spine inflammation resulting in abnormal vertebral stiffening and fusion

Answer 5

ankylosing spondylitis

Question 6

what is progressive narrowing of the spinal canal and eventual impingement of the spinal cord

Answer 6

spinal stenosis

Question 7

what is anteriorly displacement of a vertebrae relative to the vertebra below it

Answer 7

spondylolisthesis

Question 8

what is dislocation or displacement

Answer 8

subluxation

Question 9

what is result of excessive compressive force on the spine

Answer 9

compression fracture

Question 10

what lesion is most likely to appear in multiples

Answer 10

spinal metastasis

Question 11

what lesions may grow from the spinal cord itself

Answer 11

spinal ependymoma, and spinal metastasis

Question 12

what lesion is most likely to be imaged growing in the vertebral column

Answer 12

spinal metastasis

Question 13

what lesions will only be seen growing near the periphery of the spinal cord

Answer 13

spinal meningioma

Question 14

what neoplasms is most likely to be associated with cystic developments in the intramedullary canal

Answer 14

spinal ependymoma

Question 15

what is an autoimmune condition

Answer 15

anklosing spondylitis

Question 16

what is visualized by an abnormally low conus medullaris

Answer 16

tethered cord

Question 17

what is characterized by incomplete closure of the vertebral canal

Answer 17

spina bifida

Question 18

what is caused by axial loading

Answer 18

compression fracture

Question 19

what tumors are malignant

Answer 19

astrocytoma and spinal metastasis

Question 20

what pathologies is sometimes accompanied by meningocele formation

Answer 20

spina bifida

Question 21

what condition is sometimes accompanied by an intradural lipoma

Answer 21

tethered cord

Question 22

what is incomplete closure of spinal column

Answer 22

spina bifida occulta

Question 23

what is a collection of CSF formed by herniation of the meninges through an opening in the vertebral canal

Answer 23

meningocele

Question 24

what is herniation of the spinal cord through an opening in the vertebral canal

Answer 24

myelomeningocele