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What is the normal range for the ADI of children? Adults?
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Children: 1-5mmAdults: 1-3mm
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What is the normal range for the Cervical Lordosis Angle?
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35o-45o
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What is a normal result for George's Line?
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Posterior body corners should be in line with the segments above and below
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What is the Posterior Cervical Line? What is the normal result for this line of mensuration?
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A line drawn through the spinolaminar junctions of C2 - C7
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What is the absolute minimum for the Sagittal Dimension of the Cervical Spinal Canal?
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12 mm
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Where should the lines intersect when drawing Ruth Jackson's Line during flexion? extention?
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Flexion: C5 - C6Extention: C4 - C5
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At what length is the dens considered hypoplastic?
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12 mm
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What is the most common spinal levels for blocked vertebra
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C5/C6 & C2/C3
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What is a residual nutrient canal within a verrtebral body?
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Hahn's Venous Cleft
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True/False:The heart will look enlarged and shifted to the left in an A to P Thoracic view...
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False; Pectus Excavatum
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Pectus Excavatum/Carinatum is best seen in what type of X-Ray view?
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Lateral Thoracic
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What percentage of patients with Pectus Carinatum are males?
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75%
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What are the two conditions that cause the heart to shift to the left and enlarge?
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Pectus Excavatum and Straight Back Syndrom
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What view is necessary in order to see the Lumbar IVF's?
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Lateral Lumbar view
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Which views are included in the 7-view Davis series?
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APOMAPLCNLCOpposing Obliques FlexionExtension
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True/False:The Mitchell Marker is posterior to the spine in a Posterior Lumbar Oblique
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False; Anterior to the Spine
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What is the normal range for the Lumbar lordosis angle?
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50o - 60o
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What is the doctor looking for when he/she uses Eisensteins Method for Saggital Canal Measurement?
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Spinal Stenosis
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What are the minimum measurement for the Interpediculate Distance? (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar)
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Cervical - 24mmThoracic - 14mmLumbar - 21mm
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What does the Lumbar Gravity Line test for?
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Anterior/Posterior weight bearing in the lumbar spine ( <1cm = Post. >1cm = Ant.)
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What is McNab's line? what is a normal result of this line of mesuration?
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Horizontal line drawn though the inferior lumbar endplate. The line should lie above...
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What is the lumbosacral disk angle? What is the normal range for this measurement?
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Angle drawn between L5 and Sacral base. The normal range is between 10 - 15o
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What is the normal range for the Lumbosacral angle?
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41o +/- 7 degrees
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What does Ullmann's line test for? How do you draw this line?
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Tests for anterolisthesis; parallel line drawn along sacral base, perpendicular line is drawn...
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Where are the most common levels throughout the spine for Spina Bifida Occulta?
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C1C7L5S1
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Where is facet trophism most common?
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L5 - S1
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What causes a Schmorl's node to develope?
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Small fracture in the vertebral endplate due to herniation of the nucleus pulposis.
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Which spinal anomoly looks as though someone took a bite out of the vertebral body?
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Giant Schmorl's Node
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What is the most common type of Hemivertebra?
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Lateral Hemivertebra
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What is the most common area in the spine for a spondylolysis?
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Pars of L5
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Where is the most common area for a degenerative spondylolisthesis?
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L4
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What are the four F's in reference to risk factors for degenerative spondylolisthesis?
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FemaleFatOver 40at L4
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True/False:Spondylolisthesis is an acquired condition
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True
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Which classification(s) of Spondylolisthesis indicate a partial/complete fracture?
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Type II (Isthmic)Type IV (Traumatic)
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Which type of spondylo is known as "pseudo-spondylolisthesis"
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Type IV (degenerative)
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What is the name of the condition that involves unilateral spondylosis with sclerosing of...
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Wilkinson's Syndrome
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