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Chapter 17 words

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show the C1 vertebrae; a ring like structure with no vertebral body and a very short spinous process  
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show the C2 vertebrae; the ertebrae on which the atlas rotates so the can turn from side to side  
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show a tooth or toothlike structure or process; the odontoid process of the axis  
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show the articular surface of interertebral joints; are located oneach of the four articular processes that extend superiorly and inferiorly from the vertebral arch  
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show a pad of fibrocartilage between vertebral bodies that cushions vertebral motion and absorbs shock  
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show a posterior convex curvature of the spine  
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lordotic curve (lordosis)   show
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show an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine  
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show narrowing of a passage way, such as an intervertebral foramen narrowing of a passage way, such as an intervertebral foramen  
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vertebral body   show
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show hole in the right of the vertebra that allows passage for the spinal cord  
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show the concave superior and inferior surfaces of the pedicles  
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show the spaces formed by joining with the vertebral notches above and below which allows passage of spinal nerves and blood vessels  
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zygapophyseal joints   show
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nucleus pulposis   show
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anulus fibrosis   show
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articular pillar   show
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show a hole in the transverse process that form a passage way for artery and veins  
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show joint that are formed by the facets that articulate with the ribs  
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pars interarticularis   show
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show a configuration that is obtained when the lumbar spine is radiographed in the oblique projection correctly  
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alae   show
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show two small bony projections extend superiorly the posterior aspect of the coccyx  
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sacral cornua   show
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show when one or both of the spinous processes of L5 become fused  
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lumbarization   show
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spina bifida   show
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spina bifida occulta   show
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show when the spina bifida defect is quite larger, leaving the cord unprotected  
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compression fracture   show
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spondylo   show
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spondylosis   show
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show inflamation of the spine; term is often applied specifically to tuberculosis disease of the vertebrae  
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show the break down of the structure of the bone; occurs with osteoporosies, with somemetastatic lesions andwith other conditions that cause atropy and bony destructive  
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show the anterior displacement of one ertebra on anothercommonly a L5-S1 and is caused by a defect or a fracture of the pars interarticularis or the pedicle  
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show the term for congenital fissure (split or cleft)  
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show when joint becomes inflammed and the surrounding bony structures show sclerotic (hardened) irregular bone margins with hypertrophic tipping and spurring  
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show slipped disk; a condition where the annulus fibrosuses ruptures and the nucleus is forced into the area posterior to the disk space  
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