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Week # 3 Lumbar, Sacrum, And Coccyx

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What are the largest vertebrae?   lumbar  
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What holds most the body's weight and which vertbrae is the largest?   lumbar spine; L5  
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How is the intervertebral foramina best demonstrated on the lumbar spine?   90 degrees (true lat)  
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What forms the intervertebral foramina?   superior and inferior vertebral notches (space between two pedicles when stacked)  
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What forms the zygapophyseal joints?   SAPS & IAPS  
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Where do the zygo's lie to MSP?   30-50 degress  
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For radiography what will best demonstrate the zygo's?   45 degree oblique  
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The upper lumbar vertebrae lie at a ____ degree and the lower lumbar lie at a ____ degree.   30; 50  
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What is the pars interarticularis?   the portion of the lamina between the superior and inferior articulating processes  
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How many "sets" (pairs) of sacral foramina are there on the sacrum?   4  
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Where are the alae or wings located?   lateral to the first sacral segment  
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The 2 SAPS of the sacrum articulate with the IAPS of the 5th lumbar vertebrae to from what joint?   zygo  
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Where is the sacral promontory?   the anterior ridge of the first sacral segment  
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The sacral canal lies posterior to the body of the ________; this is continuation of _______.   first sacral segement; spinal canal  
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What is the median sacral crest formed by?   fusion of the spinous processes  
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At what surface does the sacrum articulate with the ilium at?   auricular surface  
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What represents the IAPS for the 5th sacral segment?   sacral horns or cornau  
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Where does the sacral horns articulate with?   cornau of the coccyx  
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Each SI joint opens obliquely posteriorly at an angle of _____; and which side does it show?   30 degrees; upside  
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Where is the base of the coccyx?   superior  
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Where is the apex of the coccyx?   inferior  
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The base has 2 _____ _____ projecting laterally.   transverse processes  
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To visualize the scotty dog what degrees is the pt?   45 degrees  
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What are the scotty dogs neck?   pars interarticularis  
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What are the scotty dogs ears?   SAPS  
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What are the scotty dogs eyes?   pedicle  
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What are the scotty dogs nose?   transverse process  
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What are the scotty dogs front leg?   IAPS  
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What lumbar vertebrae should u see good scotty dogs?   L2-L4  
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Which way does the dog face?   downside  
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The leg of the superior dog and the ear of the inferior dog form the _______.   zygo joint  
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What is the clasification and mobilty type for zygo joints?   synovial and diarthrodial  
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What is the classification of intervertebral joints?   cartilaginous and amhithrodial (slightly moveable)  
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In the L-spine intervertebral foramina are visualized on what?   90 degree true lateral  
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In the L-spine the zygo's are best visualized on what?   Obliques  
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Anterior obliques show the _____.   upside joints  
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Posterior obliques show the ______.   downside joints  
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At what degree do u do a general lumbar oblique?   45  
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What degree oblique to best visualize L1-L2?   50 degrees  
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What degree oblique to best visualize L5-S1?   30 degrees  
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Why is the L1 shot 50 degrees?   It is closer to thoracic vertebrae that require a 70 - 75 degree oblique.  
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What positioning landmark is at the level of mid coccyx?   pubic symphysis  
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ASIS is the same level as the ____ or ____ sacral segment.   1st; 2nd  
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What level is iliac crest?   L4-L5  
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What level is the lower costal margin?   L2-L3  
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Who should u always shield while doing a L-spine?   males  
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Why flex kness on an AP L-spine?   brings spine closer to Ir and Lumbar column more parallel to the table top.  
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What is the advantage of doing an L-spine PA vs AP?   lower dose to female ovaries and place intervertebral disk more parallel with the divergence of the beam.  
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What is the dis-advantage of doing an L-spine PA vs AP?   large OID of vertebrae  
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