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Radiology - Spine17
TERMS
Question | Answer |
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ATLAS | C1 - A ring like vertebrae that supports the skull that has no body and no spinous process |
AXIS | C2 - Is the vertebra of which the atlas rotates when turning your head side to side. |
CERVICAL SPINE | Superior Region of the Vertebral Column |
Coccyx | Most inferior (lower) Portion of the spine (AKA: TAILBONE) |
Dens | A tooth like projection also known as ODONTOID PROCESS |
Facet | Articular surface of inter vertebral joints. |
Inter vertebral Disc | A pad between the vertebra and absorb shock |
Kyphotic Curve, Kyphosis | A posterior concave curvature of the spine |
Lamina, Laminae | Any thin, flat layer of membrane or other bulkier tissue; the right or left posterior portion of the vertebral arch. |
Lordotic Curve, lordosis | An anterior convex curvature of the spine |
Lumbar Spine | 5 Vertebrae located inferior to the thoracic spine |
Pedicle | A narrow Stalk-stem-or tube of tissue attached to a tumor |
Sacrum | 5 Vertebral segments inferior to the lumbar vertebrae. They fuse together in adulthood to form a solid bony structure |
Scoliosis | An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine |
Stenosis | Narrowing of a passageway, such as an intervertebral foramen. |
Thoracic Spine | The dorsal spine, which consists of 12 vertebrae with a Kyphotic curve; located inferior to the cervical spine |
Vertebra; Vertebrae | Any one of the 33 bones (26 in adults) of the spinal column |