Terminology

Question 1

Sciatica detention

Answer 1

عبارة عن عرض بصحاب امراض معينه ويطلق كاسم على وصفين

• Pain radiating down posterior or lateral leg below the knee
• هو الم بالظهر لكنه انتقل ونزل للرجل والركبة.
• numbness around or under the genitals, or around the anus & bladder

Question 2

The most common cause for sciatica is

Answer 2

lumbar disk herniation

Question 3

Symptoms that increase the specificity of sciatica

• اعراض بتخلينا نتأكد اكتر واكتر انه sciatica *

Answer 3

1. Pain that is worse in the leg than in the back
2. Typical dermatomal distribution of neurologic symptoms
   يعني اي عرض عصبي رح يكون localized للعصب الي انصاب بس
3. Painthat is worse with the Valsalva maneuver
   يعني بزيد الوجع مع اي حركة بسيطة مثل القحة

Question 4

What is - Cauda equina syndrome -

Answer 4

Sciatica on both sides

Question 5

• Kyphotic curves - are

Answer 5

outward curve of the thoracic spine

Question 6

• Lordotic curves - are

Answer 6

inward curve of the lumbar spine.

Question 7

• Scoliotic curving - are

Answer 7

sideways curvature of the spine and is always abnormal.

Question 8

A small degree of both kyphotic and lordotic curvature is ( normal / not normal )

Answer 8

normal