HUMB2009 Study Guide - Final Guide: Foramen Magnum, Sagittal Plane, Ligament

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1st step to be able to see soft tissue. Reconstruction helps to orient surgeons when complex fracture. With contrast- can see quantity and how disease is spread. Needed to study iv discs (normal = higher intensity signal) Nerve problems need mri (and physical exam) According to place of trauma you have different symptoms. Thoracic digestion and liver problems, respiratory problems. Lumbar digestion continued, numbness in legs + back pain, reproductive. According to type of trauma and area wanting to be studied. Neural problems need mri + physical exam. If there is a dlc problem need mri. Affect the posterior ligaments at the back (pll, interspinous, supraspinous, Fracture through the vertebral body antero-inferiorly with posterior. All the way through the vertebral body. Unstable pll ruptures + fracture through the antero-superior aspect of the vertebral body. One of most common caused by vertical compression.