Karteikarten
Lower Cervical
Karten in diesem Stapel (4)
- 1CERVICOBRACHIAL (lower cervical) (C3-C7)-Usually leads to neck/upper limb pain
-most flexion and extension happens at C5-C6 (degeneration happens here 1st)
-14 facet joints - 2S/S lower cervicalNeck and or upper limb pain
Headaches
Restricted ROM
Paresthesia
Altered myotomes and dermatomes
Radicular signs - 3LigamentsAnterior Longitudinal Ligament:
Limits extension
Posterior Longitudinal:
Limits Flexion
Ligamentum Flavum:
Limits Flexion
Supraspinal Ligament:
Limits Flexion
Interspinal Ligaments:
Limits Flexion
Intertransverse Ligament:
Limits rotation
Limits lateral bend - 4Joints of Luschka (look at picture)-A process (uncus) projects superiorly from the body of the cervical process
below toward the Echancrure of the vertebra above.
-This forms a saddle joint
-They occur from C3-T1
-As we age and our disc gets thinner, the space in this joint approximates
-Osteophytes form this can put pressure on NR
-They are found on the post-lat side of the vertebrae and limit lateral flexion
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- Beschreibung
- college Ortho Karteikarten am Lower Cervical, erstellt von Keisha Whisken am 30/09/2014.
- Erstellt von
- Keisha Whisken
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