Lumbar Xrays

Question 1

Protocols

Answer 1

Over 30 all 3 views under only 2

Question 2

Exposure values for lumbar spines

Answer 2

70-32
85-60
90-80(max 160)

Question 3

Spondylosis

Answer 3

Spondylosis (from Ancient Greek σφόνδυλος spóndylos, “a vertebra”, in plural “vertebrae – the backbone”) is degenerative osteoarthritis of the joints between the center of the spinal vertebrae or neural foramina. If this condition occurs in the zygapophysial joints, it can be considered facet syndrome. If severe, it may cause pressure on nerve roots with subsequent sensory or motor disturbances, such as pain, paresthesia, and muscle weakness in the limbs.

Question 4

Spondylitis

Answer 4

Spondylitis is an inflammation of the vertebra. It is a form of spondylopathy. In many cases spondylitis involves one or more vertebral joints as well, which itself is called spondylarthritis.

Question 5

Disc disease

Answer 5

Degenerative disc disease is not really a disease but a term used to describe the normal changes in your spinal discs as you age.

Question 6

Spondylolisthesis

Answer 6

Spondylolisthesis is the forward displacement of a vertebra, especially the fifth lumbar vertebra, most commonly occurring after a break or fracture. Backward displacement is referred to as retrolisthesis.

Question 7

Spondylolysis

Answer 7

Spondylolysis is a defect of a vertebra. More specifically it is defined as a defect in the pars interarticularis of the vertebral arch.[1] The great majority of cases occur in the lowest of the lumbar vertebrae (L5), but spondylolysis may also occur in the other lumbar vertebrae, as well as in the thoracic vertebrae

Question 8

Spondylitis

Answer 8

Spondylitis is an inflammation of the vertebra. It is a form of spondylopathy. In many cases spondylitis involves one or more vertebral joints as well, which itself is called spondylarthritis.

Question 9

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Answer 9

a form of spinal arthritis, chiefly affecting young males, that eventually causes ankylosis of vertebral and sacroiliac joints.

Question 10

Scheurmans Disease

Answer 10

Juvenile disc disorder, or juvenile discogenic disorder, represents a condition where the endplates of the disc spaces are not strong enough to withstand the pressures generated within the disc spaces. This leads to disc herniations into the vertebral bodies (called Schmorl’s nodes) and causes back pain at an early age.

Question 11

Spinal stenosis

Answer 11

Lumbar spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back, known as the lumbar area. This usually happens when bone or tissue—or both—grow in the openings in the spinal bones. This growth can squeeze and irritate nerves that branch out from the spinal cord .
While lumbar spinal stenosis most often occurs at the L4-L5 and L3-L4 levels, it can occur any level in the spine. The degenerative cascade may eventually effect most of the vertebral segments of the lumbar spine. In lumbar stenosis, the spinal nerve roots in the lower back become compressed and this can produce symptoms of sciatica—tingling, weakness or numbness that radiates from the low back and into the buttocks and legs—especially with activity.

Question 12

Sciatica

Answer 12

pain affecting the back, hip, and outer side of the leg, caused by compression of a spinal nerve root in the lower back, often owing to degeneration of an intervertebral disc.