Protective tunnel through which the spinal cord passes
What is Neural Arch
100
Total number of lumbar nerves
What is 5 Pair
100
Occurs when the 1st sacral vertebra fails to unite with the remainder of the sacrum and forms seperate vertebra that are characteristic of the lumbar spine
What is Lumbarization
200
Special test used to identify signs of malingering
What is the Hoover Test
200
Incomplete closure of the spinal vertebrae
What is Spina Bifida Occulta
200
Articulation of the facets between each contiguous part of vertebrae in the spinal column
What is the Facet Joint
200
Network formed by the 12th thoracic nerve root and the L1-L5 nerve root
What is the Lumbar Plexus
200
Formed by the 12th thoracic nerve root and the L1-L5 nerve roots
What is the Lumbar Plexus
300
Special test used to determine normal vertebral movement
What is the Spring Test
300
The forward slippage of a vertebrae on the one below it
What is Spondylolisthesis
300
Area between the superior/inferior facets of vertebrae and common site of stress fractures in the lumbar spine
What is the Pars Interarticularis
300
Two nerves combing together to form a single nerve
What is Convergent
300
Spinal flexion/extension exercises used in the treatment and rehabilitation of back injuries
What is the McKenzie Exercises
400
Special test used to increase intrahecal pressure
What is the Valsalva Test
400
Known as "Shin Splints of the Spine"
What is Sciatica
400
Space where the spinal nerves exit the vertebral column
What is the Intervetebral column
400
One nerve splitting to form two individual nerves
What is Divergent
400
Narrowing of the spinal canal or intervertebral foramen
What is Spinal Stenosis
500
Test that uses the bilateral straight leg raise to increase pressure on the lumbar nerve roots
What is Milgram Test
500
Pertaining to a intervertebral disk lesion, when the necrotic fragment of tissue becomes seperated from surrounding tissue
What is Sequestrated
500
Lateral projection from laminae that increase mechanical leverage and serves as attachment site for the spine's ligaments and muscles
What is Transverse Processes
500
Nerve formed by the posterior branches of L2, L3 and L4