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Vertical shear fracture - ANSWER>>Line of three fractures commonly between the
inferior, superior ramus and iliac crest
Vertical shear fracture mechanism - ANSWER>>Unilateral axial force
Vertical shear fracture appearance - ANSWER>>Three fractures through one side of
the pelvis is displaced superiorly
Teardrop mechanism - ANSWER>>Can be flexion or extension most commonly related
to MVA
Teardrop appearance - ANSWER>>Small chip or the anterior cervical vertebrae
Wedge fracture - ANSWER>>Comminuted fracture of a vertebral body on one point
Wedge mechanism - ANSWER>>Compression axial force
Wedge appearance - ANSWER>>Compressed vertebral body into a wedge shape
usually anteriorly
Burst fracture - ANSWER>>Communicated fracture of a vertebral body with the addition
of retropulsion of body structures
Burst mechanism - ANSWER>>Compression axial force
Burst appearance - ANSWER>>Wedge looking fracture with disruptions of one of the
vertebral lines
Odontoid peg fracture - ANSWER>>Fracture of the C2 odontoid process
Odontoid peg appearance - ANSWER>>Three types
Zygapophyseal joint dislocation - ANSWER>>Anterior displacement of one vertebral
body on another
Zygapophyseal joint mechanism - ANSWER>>Distraction and force or striking the
posterior aspect
Zygapophyseal joint appearance - ANSWER>>Vertebral body out of line
atlanto-occipital dislocation - ANSWER>>Ligamentous separation of the spinal column
from the skull base
Atlanto-occipital dislocation mechanism - ANSWER>>Distractionary force
atlanto-occipital joint dislocation appearance - ANSWER>>Gap between the cervical
spine and skill base
Vertebral osteophytes and cervical stenosis - ANSWER>>Condition where the spinal
canal is too small for spinal cord and nerve routes
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