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| external occipital protuberance |
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| midline projection of the occipital bone |
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| external occipital protuberance |
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| ridge that extends laterally from the inion to the mastoid process |
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| inferior projection of the posterolateral area of the temporal bone |
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| large horizontal projection that crosses the upper end of the scapula |
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| large lateral expansion of the spine |
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| lowest point of the scapula |
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| allow for articulation of thoracic vertebrae with ribs. There are 2 on each side of the body and 1 on each transverse process |
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| superior and inferior demifacets |
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| costal facets on the vertebral body of thoracic vertebrae |
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| vertical midline projection that substitutes for individual spinous processes; fusion of sacral spinous processes |
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| upper ridge for attachment of abdominal muscles |
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| posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS) |
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| terminal expansion at the posterior end of the iliac crest |
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| spinous process of C7 vertebra, first prominence in the midline |
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| prominent spine immediately below C7, can be larger than C7 |
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| deep back muscles that look like vertical columns lateral to the midline |
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| groove between the buttocks |
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| depression that marks the PSIS |
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| midline of the back, extending along the spinous processes |
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| passes through the tips of the transverse processes of the vertebrae, a few inches lateral to the vertebral line |
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| passes through the inferior angle of the scapula in the anatomical position, several inches lateral to the paravertebral line |
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| area between the superior nuchal line of the skull and the first rib |
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| posterior thoracic (chest) wall |
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| area of the rib cage, extending between the first and 12th ribs |
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| located between the lower end of the chest wall and the iliac crest |
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| midline area of the back that covers the vertebral column |
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| location of the upper edge of the first rib |
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| begins between the C7 and T1 vertebral spines |
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| location of medial end of scapular spine |
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| at the level of the T3 vertebral spine |
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| location of the inferior angle of the scapula (with limb adducted) |
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| at the level of the T7 spine |
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| how to locate T12 vertebral spine |
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| locate by counting down from the T7 spine |
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| intercostal spaces (interspaces) |
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| gaps between adjacent ribs |
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| in triangle made between upper end of the natal cleft and the two sacral dimples |
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| intercristal line (supracristal plane) |
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| an imaginary line drawn between the highest points of the iliac crests |
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| spinous process of L4 vertebra |
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| located at the level of the intercristal line |
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| area between the superior and inferior articular processes |
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| continuation of the vertebral canal in the acrum |
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| sacral superior articular process |
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| areas of articulation with inferior articular processes of last lumbar vertebra |
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| Anterior projecting edge of the body of the S1 vertebra |
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| tailbone; small triangular bone that is formed by fusion of four rudimentary coccygeal vertebrae |
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| Vertebral Body Osteoporosis |
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| Net demineralization of bones reduces quality of the bone and cacuses atrophy of skeletal tissue. Diagnosed by diminished radiodensity. |
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| Surgical excision of one or more spinous processes and the adjacent supporting vertebral laminae in a particular region of the vertebral column. Performed to gain access to the vertebral canal. |
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| Cervical vertebrae are dislocated without fracture. Cervical vertebrae are less tightly interlocked than other vertebrae because of their more horizontally oriented articular processes. |
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| Fracture in the pars interarticularis (bony column formed by the superior and inferior articular processes of the axis). Spondylolysis occurs as a result of hyperextension of the head on the neck, rather than hyperextension of the head and neck (whiplash) |
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| stenotic (narrow) vertebral foramen in one or more lumbar vertebrae. |
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| caudal epidural anesthesia |
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| a local anesthetic agent is injected into the fat of the sacral canal that surrounds the proximal protions of the sacral nerves. The anesthetic solution spreads superiorly and extradurally. |
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| can be caused by abrupt fall onto the buttocks. There can be subperiosteal burising, fracture of the coccyx, or a fracture-dislocation of the sacrococcygeal joint. |
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