Spine MSC Final Exam ACTUAL Questions and Correct Answers

MSC: Spine Final Exam ACTUAL
Questions and Correct Answers
On an MRI, what does a black disc mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- loss of hydration
- disc desiccation


In a degenerative spine, what is compromised? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- facet joints
- disc


what is another word for bone spurs? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅osteophytes



What is spondylosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅spinal arthritis



What is spondylolysis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅fracture of the pars interarticularis



What is stenosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅narrowing of the canal



what procedures address stenosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- laminectomy
- laminotomy
- foraminatomy
- discectomy


What does a normal spine look like in the coronal plane? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-
straight


what does a normal spine look like in the sagittal plane? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅"S"
shaped

,Define Scoliosis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅deviation from the midline greater than 10
degrees in the coronal plane


what are two IMPLANT options for grade 1 & grade 2 spondylolisthesis? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅- interbody
- reduction screw


What would be used to compress or distract over a pedicle construct? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅- compressor
- distractor
- set screws
- set screw driver


what INSTRUMENTS would be used to address a spondylolisthesis?
- interbody cage
- rod pusher
- spondy reduction screw
- tower reducer

- pistol grip reducer - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- interbody cage - no
- rod pusher - no
- spondy reduction screw - no
- tower reducer - yes
- pistol grip reducer - yes


what does hypokyphotic mean? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- not enough kyphosis


What ligaments are resected in a PLIF:
- ALL
- ligamentum nuchae

, - supraspinous ligament
- transverse ligament
- interspinous ligament
- PLL
- ligamentum flavum

- intertransverse ligament - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- ALL - no
- ligamentum nuchae - no
- supraspinous ligament - yes
- transverse ligament - no
- interspinous ligament - yes
- PLL - yes
- ligamentum flavum - yes
- intertransverse ligament - no


what is a symptom of a pinched nerve? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ridiculopathy


What is the most common cause of adjacent segment disease (ASD)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅prior fusion



why does the surgeon meticulously prep the endplates? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-
promote wolff's law (fusion)
- get better bone growth


What are some advantages of an ALIF? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- avoid posterior
neural elements
- larger cage for height restoration
- direct access to the disc space


What is the main goal in trauma cases? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- stabilization