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What is the medical term meaning abnormal increase in the outward curvature of the thoracic spine?
from the base of your neck to mid back is known as the thoracic spine and an excessive curvature of this region is called a kyphosis. Kyphosis looks like a "hump" when viewed from the side. Below the thoracic region is the lumbar region which is commonly known as the low back. Excessive inwards curvature of this region is called a hyperlordosis.
What is an exaggerated thoracic curvature?
Kyphosis is an exaggerated outward curvature of the spine, which causes hunching of the back. It can occur at any age but is usually prominent in older women.
What is An excessive concave curvature of the thoracic spine?
Either Scoliosis or Kyphosis. Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine, primarily in the thoracic region. Kyphosis is the forward bending of the thoracic region, the "round back" deformity.
What is mild levocurvature of the thoracic spine?
left leaning curvature
What is mild thoracic scoliosis?
Well, scoliosis is a curvature of the spine. The cervicothoracic part deals with the location of the curve. The cervical region is the neck, and the thoracic is the upper back. So the cervicothoracic scoliosis would be a curvature of the spine in the neck/upper back
What is thoracic dextroscoliosis of the spine?
LOSS OF NORMAL CURVATURE OF SPINE (LOSS OF DORSAL KYPHOSIS) IS CALLED straightening of the thoracic spine
What is the medical term meaning abnormal condition of a hump in the spine?
There are a number of possible answers, including kyphosis, scoliosis, flattening of the lordosisScoliosisScoliosisScoliosis.Scoliosisscoliosis
Does scoliosis have a curve in it?
Scoliosis is curvature of the spine, either cervical, thoracic and lumbar
What is mild thoracic dextroscolisis?
Mild thoracic dextroscoliosis is a form of scoliosis, or an abnormal curvature of the spine. Dextroscoliosis is characterized by spinal curvature which projects towards the right side.
What are some diseases that begin with letter k?
Kyphosis is one, it is an excessive curvature of the thoracic spine.
Which condition is characterized by an abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lumbar spine?
The term for this is lordosis.
Fatty marrow lesion in the posterior c7 vertebrae?
This condition is known in common terms as Dowager's Hump. It is an abnormal outward curvature of the vertebrae of upper back. It due osteoporosis changes in the thoracic spine and mostly affects postmenopausal women.
