C5-6 is that vertebra or vertebrae? nm
Posted By: Mimi on 2006-12-12
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Plural of vertebra is vertebrae.
Subject: Plural of vertebra is vertebrae.
word help vertebra or vertebrae
Subject: word help vertebra or vertebrae
X-rays taken today of the lumbar spine do indicate significant degenerative joint disease of the lumbar vertabra with anterior spurring osteophyte formation noted. tia.
vertebrae (plural of vertebra)
Subject: vertebrae (plural of vertebra)
could it be just C2 - the cervical vertebrae?
Subject: could it be just C2 - the cervical vertebrae?
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s/l vertebrae Why's present
Subject: s/l vertebrae Why's present
Pt has vertebral anomalies, only 16 thoracic and lumbar vertebrae s/l Why's present. I thought maybe lumbar vertebrae Ys, not sure though.
Thanks for any help 
In my opinion, vertebrae, as there are two..nm
Subject: In my opinion, vertebrae, as there are two..nm
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Each vertebra has 2 transverse processes and 1 spinous process.
Subject: Each vertebra has 2 transverse processes and 1 spinous process.
So, depending on what the doc says, the spinous process of C5 would be correct. Also, the spinous processes of the cervical spine would be a correct statement. Spinous process of the cervical spine would be incorrect as there are 7 cervical vertebral bodies with 3 processes each.
I know there is a mamillary process of the vertebra, so I suspect he is making up his own words
Subject: I know there is a mamillary process of the vertebra, so I suspect he is making up his own words
as he goes. Thanks for trying though.
Not your s/l, but find interspinales as superficial musles of the cervical and lumbar vertebrae. nm
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