Normally seen in lumbar spine?
(A) Scoliosis (B) Lordosis (C) Kyphosis (D) Kyphosis
(B) Ans. B. LordosisAbnormal Curvatures of the Veebral ColumnLordosis (swayback or saddle back)An abnormally increased lumbar spine's (backward) curvature resulting from trunk muscular weakness or osteomalacia.ScoliosisA condition of lateral detion resulting from unequal growth of the veebral column, pathologic erosion of veebral bodies,or asymmetric paralysis or weakness of veebral muscles. Kyphosis (hunchback or humpback)An abnormally increased thoracic (forward) curvature resulting from osteoporosis.MeningoceleIt is a protrusion of the meninges through the unfused arch of the veebra.Spina bifida occultaIt is failure of the veebral arch to fuse (bony defect only).MeningomyeloceleIt is a protrusion of the spinal cord and the meninges.