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20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Thoracic Vertebrae
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T1-T12 / Narrowest part.
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Lumbar Vertabrae
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L1-L5 / Spinal Cord ends & the Cauda Equina begins.
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What are the Muscles 3 groups?
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Superifical, Deep, Paraspinous.
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Stenosis is
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narrowing of the Spine.
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Ligamentum Flavum
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connects each vertebrae individually (between 2 vertebrae).
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Whats begins after Spinal Cord ends @ L1?
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Cauda Equina.
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Back muscles are only _______________.
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strained.
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The aorta lies to what side of the spine?
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left
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What are 2 components of the intervertebral disk?
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Annulus Fibrous & Nucleus Pulposus.
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Spondylosis
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Disk degeneration that causes lower back pain.
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Name of disease that can lead to Kyphosis?
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Spondylosis
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What is a Herniated Disk?
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Rupture of the disk @ the Nucleus pulposes. Mostly common @ L4-L5.
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What is disk is most commonly ruptured?
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Herniated Disk
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Joints in the spine are?
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Facet joints.
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What is Spondylolisthesis?
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sliding forward of one vertebrae on another.
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What is Scoliosis?
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Curvature of the spine/lateral deviation of the spine.
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What is Lordosis?
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Exageration of the natural curve of Lumbar Spine.
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Type of curvature of the spine is swayback/concave?
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Lordosis.
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Compression Fx
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Mostly Elderly.
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Burst Fx
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younger age.
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