RAD 125 Spine Assessment

Which gender has a more vertical sacrum resulting in a lesser angle at the junction of L5-S1?

• Male

• Female

• There is no difference between male and female

What is the name for the area of the lamina on a lumber vertebra which lies between the superior and inferior articular processes?

• Pedicle

• Lamina

• Pars interarticularis

• Transverse process

Which of the following would BEST demonstrate the intervertebral spaces of the lumbar spine?

• AP

• Lateral

• AP oblique

• PA oblique

Letter A is indicating the:

• Dens of C1

• Spinous process of C1

• Spinous process of C2

• Dens of C2

What is the correct CR angle for the AP sacrum?

• 15 degrees caudal

• 15 degrees cephalic

• 10 degrees caudal

• 10 degrees cephalic

How many vertebra are found in the typical cervical spine?

• 5

• 7

• 10

• 12

Letter B is marking the:

• Lamina

• Pedicle

• Vertebral foramen

• Intervertebral foramen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The dense outer material of a vertebral disk is called the:

• Annulus fibrosus

• Transverse ligament

• Nucleus pulposus

• Intervertebral foramen

The heads of the ribs articulate with the __________ to form the costovertebral joints.

• Transverse processes

• Lamina

• Thoracic vertebral bodies

• Intervertebral disk spaces

What structure is indicated with letter D?

• Pars interarticularis

• Superior articular process

• Transverse process

• Inferior articular process