MEDRADSC 3J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sciatica, Brain Injury, Ossification

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Medical Radiation Sciences
• Course: MEDRADSC 3J03
• Professor: Sandra Charbonneau

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Transitional vertebrae: a vertebrae not acting like itself, acts like a vert above or below, c5-c7, t9-t12, l4-l5, l5-s1. & numbness/ pins & needles in arm(s) (cid:862)tho(cid:396)a(cid:272)i(cid:272) outlet s(cid:455)(cid:374)d(cid:396)o(cid:373)e(cid:863) Scoliosis: a late(cid:396)al (cid:271)e(cid:374)d & (cid:396)otatio(cid:374) of the (cid:448)e(cid:396)te(cid:271)(cid:396)al (cid:272)olu(cid:373)(cid:374) a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d its lo(cid:374)g a(cid:454)is ofte(cid:374) asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith kyphosis & lordosis, rotoscoliosis: not only the lateral curvature but rotation happening as well (good bonus question, causes: Marie st(cid:396)u(cid:373)pel"s disease / ba(cid:373)(cid:271)oo pi(cid:374)e: a (cid:272)h(cid:396)o(cid:374)i(cid:272) i(cid:374)fla(cid:373)(cid:373)ato(cid:396)(cid:455) disease of the spi(cid:374)e & . Appearance: osteoporosis; mobility of bones decreased, the vertebral bodies become osteoporotic, ossifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) a(cid:374)t & post i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:448)e(cid:396)te(cid:271)(cid:396)al liga(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts & dis(cid:272)s, obliteration of jt. Jts always fused: syndesmophites: extensive lateral bony bridges (bonus*) E(cid:454)te(cid:374)t of i(cid:374)ju(cid:396)(cid:455) depe(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) a(cid:373)ou(cid:374)t of fo(cid:396)(cid:272)e: causes permanent damage to the brain. Infra - orbital rim: please note: ma(cid:455) (cid:271)e a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)ied (cid:271)(cid:455) #"d ma(cid:454)illa, base of skull fracture.