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Which disc are more commonly injured?

Cervical 

Thoracic 

Lumbar

Lumbar

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How many curves and what are they called? 

4 

Kyphotic and Lordotic

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What is is called when the spine has a lateral curvature?

Scoliosis

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Where is the thoracic outlet area?

Between the clavicle and the first rib 

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What is the name of the middle section of the disk?

Nucleus Pulposus  

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Including fused vertebrae how many vertebrae total do we have?

33 vertebrae 

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What is the weakest sport on a rib?

Anatomic angle 

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What is a common name for a pneumothorax? 

Collapsed lung 

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What is it called when the gel from the disk protrudes out of the disc? 

Herniated Disc

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What is the group of muscles called in our back?

Erector Spinae 

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What is it called when we have a air and blood in the pleural cavity?

Hemopneumothorax

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If our s1 and s2 nerves are damaged what body system could be affected?

Bladder and bowel 

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What is the name of the outer Layer of the disk?

Annulus Fibrosis 

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What two things make our central nervous system 

Brain, spinal cord 

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What is spondylosis? 

A stress fracture in the neural arch of our vertebrae

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Most common cause of sacroiliac joint pain or injuries?
Twisting or single leg activities
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If a disc is herniated and we do hyperextension which direction will the nucleolus pulposus leak out? 

Anterior Protrusion 

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Which sections of the spine have a lordotic curve?

Cervical and lordotic 
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What is another name for spondylolisthesis for when it slips forward?

scotty dog fracture 

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What is called when we have excessive posterior curvature of the spine?

Hyper-Kyphosis