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Question 1

What is the spinous process?

Answer 1

Bony prominence that extends posteriorly from the vertebral body

Question 2

What does the term ‘lumbo-sacral junction’ refer to?

Answer 2

Transition from the lumbar spine to the sacrum in the low back (L5 - S1)

Question 3

What does PSIS stand for?

Answer 3

Posterior superior iliac spine

Question 4

What is the sacrum?

Answer 4

A single bone made up of five fused vertebrae below the lumbar spine

Question 5

How many sacral foramen does the sacrum have?

Answer 5

Usually has four sacral foramen

Question 6

What is a foramen?

Answer 6

Opening in the bone

Question 7

What is the sacrococcygeal hiatus?

Answer 7

The space between S3/4 and the start of the coccyx

A little deeper in the crack than you want to go. Usually estimate location.

Question 8

What is the coccyx?

Answer 8

Tailbone; 4 fused vertebrae

Question 9

Medial vs Lateral

Answer 9

Toward the midline, Away from the midline

Question 10

Anterior vs Posterior

Answer 10

In front of, Behind

Question 11

Superior vs Inferior

Answer 11

Above, below

Question 12

Distal vs Proximal

Answer 12

Towards the end of a structure, Towards the beginning of a structure

Question 13

Radial vs Ulnar

Answer 13

Towards the thumb (radial artery) vs Towards the pinky (ulnar artery)