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14 Cards in this Set
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WHERE DO 80% OF CERVICAL FRACTURES OCCUR?
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C3-C7
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30% OF C3-C7 FRACTURES OCCUR IN WHAT PART OF THE VERTEBRAE?
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VERTEBRAL BODY
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50% OF C3-C7 FRACTURES OCCUR IN WHAT PART OF THE VERTEBRAE?
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VERTEBRAL ARCH
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WHICH IS MORE COMMON:
A) HYPERFLEXION B) HYPEREXTENSION |
A) HYPERFLEXION
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HYPERFLEXION CAN CAUSE WHICH TYPE OF PATHOLOGY?
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-ODONTOID
-STABLE WEDGE -UNSTABLE TEAR DROP -ANTERIORLY NARROWED DISC SPACE |
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HYPEREXTENSION CAN CAUSE WHICH TYPE OF PATHOLOGY?
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- ANTERIORLY WIDENED DISC SPACE
- PREVERTEBRAL SWELLING - UNSTABLE TEAR DROP - UNSTABLE HANGMAN'S |
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IS CECT OR NECT COMMONLY ORDERED FOR SUSPECTED SPINAL FRACTURES?
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NECT
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WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THORACO-LUMBAR FRACTURES INVOLVE COMPLEX BODY AND PROCESS FRAGMENTS?
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40%
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FROM WHERE DO SPINAL METASTASES SPREAD?
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LUNG
BREAST |
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WHAT IS COMMONLY DESTROYED BY SPINAL METASTASES?
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PEDICLES
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IN PATIENTS OVER 50 HOW MANY VERTEBRAE ARE USUALLY INVOLVED IN SPINAL METASTASES?
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MORE THAN ONE
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AT WHAT AGE ARE DISC PROTRUSIONS USUALLY FOUND?
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ABOVE 40 Y.O.
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WHERE ARE DISC PROTRUSIONS USUALLY FOUND?
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LUMBAR AND CERVICAL SPINE
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WHAT IS THE RADIOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF DISC PROTRUSIONS?
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ROUNDED, SYMMETRIC DEFECT
LOCALIZED TO DISC SPACE LEVEL POSSIBLE CONCAVE ANTERIOR MARGIN OF THECAL SAC |
