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| Hard Palate to oposithion |
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| C1 anterior tubercle to anterior C7 body; measure distance to anterior C5 body |
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| A line is drawn through the posterior surface of the C2 body and another through the posterior surface of the C7 body. The acute angle formed by these two lines is measured |
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| Odontoid apex to the posterior C7 body. Measure greatest distance to line. |
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| Atlas plane line and C7 end plates; then intersecting perpendiculars. |
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| The posterior vertebral body surfaces are connected with a continuous line that traverses the intervertebral disc |
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Posterior cervical line:
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| spinolaminar juncion line |
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| retropharyngeal interspace |
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| Measured from anteroinferior body margins of C2, C3 |
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| Measured from anteroinferior body margins of C5, C6, C7 |
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| Thoracic Kyphosis Measurement |
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| T1 superior end plate to T12 inferior endplate; then intersecting perpendiculars measure the angle. |
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Scoliosis is being measured
End vertebral endplate lines; then intersecting perpendiculars ; measure angle |
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END VERTEBRAE
APICAL VERTEBRA
VERTEBRAL BODY CENTER
Construct connecting lines through mid points of vertebrae. Measure acute angle |
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| Angle between opposing endplates of L5 and S1 |
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SACRAL BASE ANGLE
Aka Fergueson’s angle
aka lumbosacral angle |
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| Endplate of S1 to horizontal line angle |
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| A perpendicular line from the center point of the L3 body. |
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| EINSTEIN’S METHOD FOR SAGITTAL CANAL MEASUREMENT. |
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| Tips of superior and inferior articular processes joined; distance between posterior midbody and line (except at L5) |
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| INTERPEDICULATE DISTANCE: |
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| Shortest distance between inner surfaces of opposing pedicles. |
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| Soft tissue density between the rectum and anterior sacral surface |
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most medial aspect femoral head
outer cortex of pelvic teardrop |
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| Line tangential to the cortical margin of the pelvic inlet and the outer border of the obturator foramen |
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Curvilinear line along the
inferior margin of the neck
Of the femur To the obturator foramen |
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| Smooth curvilinear line along ilium and onto femoral neck; should be bilaterally symmetrical. |
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| Femoral shaft line and perpendicular line tangential to the hip of the greater trochanter. |
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| This line should intersect the femoral head symmetrically |
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