click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Disc Disease
Path of Intervertebral disc disease
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Disc disease that is due to the normal process of aging | Degenerative Disc Disease |
Can be caused by age, repeated stress and trauma, or DDD | Herniated Disc Disease |
Most common symptom of intervertebral disc disease | Low Back Pain |
If degeneration causes compression to this, bowel and bladder incontinence may occur, as well as erectile dysfunction | Cauda Equina |
What are the parts of the intervertebral disc | Nucleus and Annulus |
Other name for bone spurs | Osteophytes |
What reflex is affected if there is a herniated disc at L3-4 | Patellar |
What reflex is affected if there is a herniated disc at L5-S1 | Achilles |
Narrowed spinal canal causing compression to spinal nerves | Spinal Stenosis |