Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Chapter 17 words

        Help!  

Question
Answer
atlas   the C1 vertebrae; a ring like structure with no vertebral body and a very short spinous process  
🗑
axis   the C2 vertebrae; the ertebrae on which the atlas rotates so the can turn from side to side  
🗑
dens   a tooth or toothlike structure or process; the odontoid process of the axis  
🗑
facet   the articular surface of interertebral joints; are located oneach of the four articular processes that extend superiorly and inferiorly from the vertebral arch  
🗑
intervertebral disk   a pad of fibrocartilage between vertebral bodies that cushions vertebral motion and absorbs shock  
🗑
kyphotic curve (kyphosis)   a posterior convex curvature of the spine  
🗑
lordotic curve (lordosis)   an anterior convex curvature of the spine  
🗑
scoliosis   an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine  
🗑
stenosis   narrowing of a passage way, such as an intervertebral foramen narrowing of a passage way, such as an intervertebral foramen  
🗑
vertebral body   the block like anterior portion of the vertebra  
🗑
vertebral foramen   hole in the right of the vertebra that allows passage for the spinal cord  
🗑
vertebral notches   the concave superior and inferior surfaces of the pedicles  
🗑
intervertebral foramina   the spaces formed by joining with the vertebral notches above and below which allows passage of spinal nerves and blood vessels  
🗑
zygapophyseal joints   the process that extends from the verteral that form gliding (diarthroidal) joint  
🗑
nucleus pulposis   soft and pulpy center of the intervertebral disks  
🗑
anulus fibrosis   tough outer covering of the intervertebral disks  
🗑
articular pillar   the bones of the articular process for a column  
🗑
transverse foramen   a hole in the transverse process that form a passage way for artery and veins  
🗑
costal/costoertebra joints   joint that are formed by the facets that articulate with the ribs  
🗑
pars interarticularis   the narrow segment of bone between the superior and inferior articular processes  
🗑
scottie dog   a configuration that is obtained when the lumbar spine is radiographed in the oblique projection correctly  
🗑
alae   the lateral porions of the first sacral segment and are wing like structures  
🗑
coccygeal cornua   two small bony projections extend superiorly the posterior aspect of the coccyx  
🗑
sacral cornua   two bony projections of the extending from the sacrum  
🗑
sacralization of L5   when one or both of the spinous processes of L5 become fused  
🗑
lumbarization   sixth lumbar vertebra  
🗑
spina bifida   when the posterior portionsof the neural arched fail to cloe during embyonic development  
🗑
spina bifida occulta   when the spina bifida is insignificant and procuces not symptoms  
🗑
spina bifida vera   when the spina bifida defect is quite larger, leaving the cord unprotected  
🗑
compression fracture   when the bone is compresed causing a wedge  
🗑
spondylo   vertebra  
🗑
spondylosis   refers to fixantion or fusion of vertebrae  
🗑
spondylitis (Potts disease)   inflamation of the spine; term is often applied specifically to tuberculosis disease of the vertebrae  
🗑
spondylolysis   the break down of the structure of the bone; occurs with osteoporosies, with somemetastatic lesions andwith other conditions that cause atropy and bony destructive  
🗑
spondylolisthesis   the anterior displacement of one ertebra on anothercommonly a L5-S1 and is caused by a defect or a fracture of the pars interarticularis or the pedicle  
🗑
spondyloschisis   the term for congenital fissure (split or cleft)  
🗑
degernatie disk disease   when joint becomes inflammed and the surrounding bony structures show sclerotic (hardened) irregular bone margins with hypertrophic tipping and spurring  
🗑
disk herniation/herniated nucleous pulposes (HNP)   slipped disk; a condition where the annulus fibrosuses ruptures and the nucleus is forced into the area posterior to the disk space  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: mdtodd
Popular Radiology sets