vertebra clinical issues

Question 1

symptoms of lumbar level disk prolapse

Answer 1

acute back pain and sciatica. often cause spasms of back musculature, mainly on the prolapsed side

Question 2

cervical disk prolapse symptoms

Answer 2

pain reported in upper extremity

Question 3

how do posterior protrusions of disks act?

Answer 3

like tumors in the vertebral canal and compress the spinal cord (if they occur above the cauda equina level of the cord), causing paralysis and anesthesia

Question 4

cauda equina

Answer 4

collection of nerves at end of spinal cord