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1
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Lumbarization?

A

S1 isn’t completely fused with the rest of sacrum, can become an ‘L6’

2
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Occipitalization?

A

partial or complete fusion of C1 to Co

3
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Paralysis?

A

loss of control of skeletal muscle

4
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Paresis?

A

slight or incomplete paralysis (weakness)

5
Q

Paresthesia?

A

abnormal sensation (like the feeling of heating your ‘funny bone’)

6
Q

Ponticulum?

A

a bony bridge caused by the ossification of ligaments (like Atlantooccipital…)

7
Q

Pseudoarthrosis?

A

false/additional articulation (like when L5 has broad TP surface to sacrum)

8
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Sacrilization?

A

L5 (or Cx1) is partly/completely fused to sacrum

9
Q

Schmorl’s node?

A

part of the nucleus pulposas is displaced through vertebral end plate into the vertebral body

10
Q

Spondylolysis?

A

a break in vertebra at the pars interarticularis

11
Q

Spondylolysthesis?

A

displacement of vertebra from normal position

12
Q

Spondyloschisis?

A

(aka ‘spina bifida’) vertebral arch is discontinuous, broken into 2 pieces

13
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Stenosis?

A

the narrowing of vertebral foramen

14
Q

Synostosis?

A

a joint that has become ossified

15
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Tropism?

A

an asymmetry of facet planes within a segment