A) A fractured arch at C1
B) A fractured hyoid bone
C) A vertebral body compression fracture
D) A spinal metastatic disease
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A) Chance fracture
B) Clay-shoveler's fracture
C) Hangman's fracture
D) Cervical facet fractures
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A) degenerative disk disease.
B) DISH.
C) lytic bone disease.
D) facet joint osteoarthritis.
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A) AP
B) PA
C) Lateral
D) Oblique
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A) a pars interarticularis defect.
B) a Chance fracture.
C) an arthritic facet joint marginal osteophyte.
D) a calcified herniated disk.
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A) overhanging osteophytes on four or more contiguous facet joints.
B) spondylolisthesis in four or more contiguous vertebrae.
C) bridging syndesmophytes on four or more contiguous vertebral bodies.
D) vacuum disks in four or more sequential disks.
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A) The patient has disk herniation with nerve compression.
B) The patient has left L5/S1 facet joint osteoarthritis.
C) The patient has bilateral L5 pedicle fractures.
D) The patient has cauda equina impingement syndrome.
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A) Larger disk herniations always produce more severe radiculopathy than smaller disk herniations.
B) Midline disk herniations may produce less severe symptoms than foraminal herniations.
C) Chronic disk herniations are more likely to be associated with spondylosis than soft herniations.
D) They may contribute to the development of spinal stenosis.
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A) Teardrop
B) Bilateral facet
C) Anterior wedge compression
D) Hangman's
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C
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A) Severe dehydration of the vertebral disks
B) Transected spinal cord
C) Spinal cord tumor
D) Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) infection
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B
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A) CT.
B) MRI.
C) radiography.
D) ultrasound.
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A) C4/C5 disk herniation.
B) dens fracture.
C) metastatic disease of the spine.
D) soft tissue neck injury.
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A) Decreased density of subchondral bone
B) Osteophytes
C) Reduction in joint space
D) Narrowing of the neuroforamen
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A) Open-mouth odontoid
B) Lateral C-spine with flexion and extension
C) AP view with cephalad angulation
D) Posterior oblique views
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A) An increase in the visibility of a pedicle due to blastic disease
B) A decrease in the visibility of a pedicle due to lytic disease
C) The loss of contrast between a pedicle and the spinal canal due to an infection
D) The increase in contrast between a pedicle and the spinal canal due to hyperthyroidism
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B
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A) facet joint osteoarthritis.
B) vacuum disks.
C) bone marrow changes associated with disk degeneration.
D) annular fibrosis tears.
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A) anterolisthesis of the sacrum.
B) retrolisthesis of L5 in relation to the sacrum.
C) bamboo spine.
D) sacral fracture.
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A) lytic bone disease.
B) scoliosis.
C) vertebral body compression fracture.
D) degenerative disk disease.
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A) Bridging syndesmophytes
B) Sacroilitis
C) Facet joint hypertrophy
D) HLA-B27 genotype
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A) It is typically associated with marginal osteophytes.
B) It is typically associated with disk dehydration.
C) It is always associated with back pain.
D) It does not require advanced imaging, such as MRI, for diagnosis.
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