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The 4th Rib Articulates with...
A. The bodies of T3 and T4, the transverse process of T3
B. The bodies of T3 and T4, the transverse process of T4
C. The bodies of T4 and T5, the transverse process of T5 B. The bodies of T3 and T4, the transverse process of T4
D. The body of T4, the transverse processes of T3 and T4
E. The body of T4, the transverse processes of T4 and T5
F. The body of T5, the transverse processes of T4 and T5
Choose the most appropriate clinical term for the follow-
ing individual
B. Dowager's hump
A. Bamboo spine
B. Dowager's hump
C. Kyphosis
D. Lordosis
E. Scoliosis
F. Sway-back
What is your diagnosis?
A. Burst fracture B. Compression fracture
B. Compression fracture
C. Hangman fracture
D. Jefferson fracture
E. Spondylolysis
F. Spondylolisthesis
A.Ankylosing spondylitis
What is your diagnosis?
A.Ankylosing spondylitis
B.Normal radiograph
C.Spondylolisthesis
D.spondylolysis
The injury depicted in the below CT is best described as
,a...
, A.Hangman's Fracture
B.Jefferson fracture A.Hangman's Fracture
C.Odontoid fracture (type I)
D.Odontoid fracture (type II)
E.Odontoid fracture (type III)
F.Spondylolysis
G.Spondylolesthesis
What is the prognosis for the patient in the CT below?
A.No neural deficits with proper immobilization
B.Paraplegia A.No neural deficits with proper immobilization
C. Quadriplegia
D. Requires respirator to assist with breathing
What is your diagnosis?
C. The patient suffers from spondylolysis at multiple ver-
A. The patient has had a laminectomy performed
tebral levels
B. The patients suffers from ankylosing spondylitis
C. The patient suffers from spondylolysis at multiple verte-
bral levels
D. There is a hangman fracture
E. There is a Jefferson fracture
Case Study: A 32-year-old man was rear ended while wait-
ing at a red light. When paramedics arrived, he was found
to be alert and attentive and walking around of his own
volition, but complained of dizziness and general soreness
B.Anterior longitudinal ligament sprain at C6
in the neck, just superior to the vertebral prominence. He
Because:
was placed on a stretcher and his neck immobilized for
A 32-year-old man was REAR ENDED, but complained of
transport to an ER. Physical inspection showed tenderness
dizziness and GENERAL SORENESS in the neck, JUST SU-
around the neck with no abnormal morphology. Active
PERIOR TO THE VERTEBRAL PROMINENCE, . ACTIVE ROM
ROM was painful but not abnormal. Neurological testing
was also within normal parameters. Plain film radiographs
came back negative for fracture/malalignment
-Based on the information, what is the most appropriate