Spondylosis, Spondylolysis, Spondylolisthesis

Question 1

What is the definition of spondylosis?

Answer 1

a vertebral condition

Question 2

What is the definition of spondylolysis?

Answer 2

a vertebral seperation of vertebral cleavage

Question 3

What is the definition of spondylolisthesis?

Answer 3

a vertebral slipage

Question 4

What is the current limited definition of spondylosis?

Answer 4

a vertebral condition that is acquired or age-related

Question 5

What is the location of spondylosis that wil be stressed in Spinal II?

Answer 5

a seperation along the pars interarticularis (defect in the pars interarticularis or pars defect)

Question 6

What is the incidence of spondylosis in the general population?

Answer 6

a range of 2.6% to 10%

Question 7

What is the geopraphic or ethnic bias for a higher incidence of spondylosis?

Answer 7

the native Alaskan (inuit) population

Question 8

What does lumbar spondylosis appear to be related to?

Answer 8

the uniquely human upright stance or erect posture

Question 9

Lumbar spondylosis is associated with what characteristics?

Answer 9

familial association, spina bifida oculta, racial/ethnic disparities, gender and locational bias, youthful incidence and activites requiring repetitive stress on the spine

Question 10

Lumbar spondylolysis has not been reported in what groups of individuals?

Answer 10

fetuses, newborns, rarely in children under five years old, patients who have never walked and in non-erect species

Question 11

What is the age range typically associated with lumbar spondylolysis?

Answer 11

10-20 year olds

Question 12

What activities are particularly stressful at the pars interarticularis of lumbar vertebrae?

Answer 12

gymnastics, dance, soccer

Question 13

What fills the space in a lumbar spondylolysis?

Answer 13

fibrocartilaginous material

Question 14

What name has been given to the material filling the space in a lumbar spondylolysis?

Answer 14

spondylolysis ligament

Question 15

What types of neural function(s) have been associated with the spondylolysis ligament?

Answer 15

nociception, neuromodulation and autonomi function

Question 16

What is the apprearance of the lumbar vertebra upon oblique X-ray view?

Answer 16

a Scotty dog

Question 17

What is the appearance of a spondylolysis in a lumbar vertebra upon oblique x-ray view?

Answer 17

a collared Scotty dog

Question 18

In an oblique x-ray, spondylolysis below the superior articular process of a lumbar pars interarticularis is associated with what part of the Scotty dog?

Answer 18

the neck of the Scotty dog

Question 19

What part of a lumbar vertebra forms the eye of a Scotty dog?

Answer 19

the pedicle

Question 20

What part of a lumbar vertebra forms the ear of a Scotty dog?

Answer 20

the superior articular process

Question 21

What part of a lumbar vertebra forms the nose of a Scotty dog?

Answer 21

the transverse process

Question 22

What characteristics are associated with cervical spondylolysis?

Answer 22

rare, congenital, gender bias towards men, msot common at C6 and linked to spondylolisthesis and spina bifida

Question 23

What characteristics are associated with sacral spondylolysis?

Answer 23

rare in the general population, within typical percents in the native Alaskan (Inuit) population, seems tpo be acquired, gender bias towards men, most common at S1 and linked to activities suck as kayaking and harpooning

Question 24

What is the incidence of sacral spondylolysis in the general population?

Answer 24

its rare

Question 25

Is sacral spondylolysis the result of congenital conditions, acquired conditions or an age-related conditions?

Answer 25

it seems to be acquired

Question 26

What is the ethnic, gender, and locational bias associated with scaral spondylolysis?

Answer 26

the native Alaskan (Inuit) male at the S1 level

Question 27

Identify all names given to type III spondylolisthesis?

Answer 27

degenerative spondylolisthesis

Question 28

What is the locational bias of type I spondylolisthesis?

Answer 28

L5 or upper sacral segments

Question 29

What additional conditions are linked to type I spondylolisthesis?

Answer 29

spina bifida occulta and nerve root compression of the S1 nerve

Question 30

Which subtype of type II spondylolisthesis is stressed in Spinal II?

Answer 30

lytic spondylolisthesis or stress fracture induced spondylolisthesis

Question 31

What is the cause of most frequently given for type II spondylolisthesis?

Answer 31

microfractures as the result of reptitive stress during hyperflexion and rotation

Question 32

What is the age group typically associated with type II spondylolisthesis?

Answer 32

teenagers or young adults

Question 33

What gender bias,locational bias, and spinal cancal dimensions are associated with type II spondylolisthesis?

Answer 33

isthmic spondylolistheses is common in men, located at the L5/S1 level and demonstrates an increase in sgaittal diameter of the spinal cord

Question 34

What causes type IV spondylolisthesis?

Answer 34

fracture of the nerual arch components

Question 35

What are the cause(s) associaed with type V spondylolisthesis?

Answer 35

bone diseases such as Paget disease or osteogenesis imperfecta