Structural

Question 1

Sella Turcica

Answer 1

A-P normal range 5-16 mm
Average 11mm
S-I normal range 4-12 mm
Average 8mm

Question 2

Sella Turcica Indicates

Answer 2

Indicates Space Occupying Lesion

Question 3

ADI

Answer 3

Adult 1-3

Child 1-5

Question 4

ADI Indicates

Answer 4

Instability of atlas/axis
Adult: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Child: Chronic Bacterial Infection

Question 5

Georges Line

Answer 5

Posterior of Vertebral Bodies

Question 6

Posterior Cervical Line

Answer 6

Line drawn at the Spinal-Laminar Junction

Question 7

Basilar Angle

Answer 7

Normal Range 123-152

>152 Platybasia

Question 8

McGregors Line

Answer 8

Drawn Sup/Post aspect hard plate to inferior most aspect of occiput

Question 9

Chamberlains Line

Answer 9

> 3mm

*more indicates Platybasia

Question 10

Macraes Line

Answer 10

Occipital bone extend across the foreman magnum

Question 11

Platybasia

Answer 11

• Basilar Angle
• McGreggors Line
• Chamberlains Line
• McCraes Line

Question 12

Cobb Lippman

Answer 12

0-20 Degrees-Observe Progression
20-40 Degrees-Bracing
>40 Degrees- Surgical Intervention

Question 13

Risser/Ferguson

Answer 13

No Numbers

Remember has X’s through Vertebra

Question 14

Cervical Lordosis

Answer 14

35-45 Degrees

40 Degree Avg

Question 15

Thoracic Kyphosis

Answer 15

Angles vary by age
Angles increase with age
Angles increase more in females

Question 16

Lumbar Lordosis

Answer 16

Normal Range 50-60 degrees

Average 55 degrees

Question 17

Sacral Inclination

Answer 17

Normal Range 30-72 Degrees

Avg 46 Degrees

Question 18

Lumbosacral angle

Answer 18

Normal Range 26-57

Average: 41 Degrees

Question 19

Lumbosacral Disc Angle

Answer 19

10-15 Degrees

15 Facet Impaction

Question 20

Ullmanns Line

Answer 20

If last lumbar crosses the perpendicular line Indicates Spondyloisthesis

Question 21

Meyerdings Grading

Answer 21

Grade 1-4

Question 22

Fergusons Weight

Answer 22

Line should not cross the anterior 1/3 of Sacral Base

Question 23

Teardrop Distance

Answer 23

Normal Range 6-11 mm
Average: 9mm
>11mm Arthritis

Question 24

Hip Joint Width

Answer 24

Superior
Axial: Double the amount
Medial: Same as Teardrop

Question 25

Shentons Line

Answer 25

Smooth Arc

Question 26

Femoral Angle

Answer 26

120-130 Degrees | 30 Degrees: Coxa Valga (bow legged)

Question 27

Iliofemoral Line

Answer 27

Bilateral Symmetry

Question 28

Skinners Line

Answer 28

Fovea Captious Should be ABOVE or level to the Greater Trochanter

Question 29

Kliens Line

Answer 29

Bilateral Symmetry

Question 30

Retropharyngeal Interspace

Answer 30

Not >7mm

Question 31

Retrotrachaeal Interspace

Answer 31

Not >22mm