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ARTICULAR PROCESS [9 records]

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Record 1 2017-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Nervous System
CONT

A 57-year-old man presented with an extremely rare osteoma originating from the left L-5 inferior articular process and causing lumbo-crural sciatica.

Key term(s)
  • lumbocrural sciatica

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

On parle parfois de cruro-sciatique lorsque la douleur a des caractères de sciatique et de cruralgie (atteinte L4 [quatrième vertèbre lombaire] et L5 [cinquième vertèbre lombaire]); en général due à une hernie discale foraminale L4-L5.

Key term(s)
  • crurosciatique

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

The articular surface of the condyloid process of the mandible.

Key term(s)
  • head of the mandible

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Saillie oblongue reliée au bord supérieur de la branche montante de la mandibule par le col du condyle.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

Superior and inferior articular process of the vertebral arches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
OBS

Communication d'un orthopédiste à l'Hôpital général d'Ottawa.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

Fracture of the radial styloid process involving the distal articular surface.

OBS

The name chauffeur’s fracture dates from the time of hand-cranked automobiles, when direct trauma to the radial side of the wrist could be sustained from the crank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Fracture isolée de l'apophyse styloïde du radius.

OBS

Fracture causée par le retour de la manivelle à l'époque où les moteurs de voiture démarraient à l'aide d'une manivelle.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
CONT

Widening of the joint space suggests increased volume within the joint cavity. This results from four mechanisms : increased thickness of the cartilage, fluid in the joint cavity, deposition of fibrous material between the articular ends of the bones during the endstage of a destructive process, and resorption of bone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

L'élargissement de l'interligne articulaire peut être la conséquence soit d'un épanchement, d'un corps étranger ou d'une tumeur intra-articulaire, soit d'une lésion périarticulaire (diastasis ou bâillement à la suite d'une entorse ou d'une fracture); parfois on peut observer un pseudo-élargissement en rapport avec une décalcification sous-chondrale.

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Complete dislocation of one or both articular processes, usually with overriding of the inferior articular process of the vertebra above into a position anterior to the superior articular process of the vertebra below. It most commonly occurs in the cervical spine. [From STEDM, 1982, p. 414 and MBIOL, 1986, vol. 2, p. 1028. ]

OBS

When a vertebral body is displaced anteriorly so that 50 percent or more overrides the vertebral body below there is practically always associated bilateral locking of the facets, due to flexion and distraction. A displacement of 50 percent or less of one vertebra upon the other is usually due to unilateral locking of the facets, resulting from a combination of flexion, distraction, and rotation. [From RSKEL, 1982, p. 299.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Luxation unie ou bilatérale des facettes articulaires par chevauchement.

OBS

La luxation avec accrochage bilatéral des facettes articulaires se caractérise par un déplacement antérieur de la vertèbre supérieure d'au moins la moitié du diamètre antéro-postérieur d'un corps vertébral et résulte d'un traumatisme en hyperflexion. Dans la luxation unilatérale, le déplacement antérieur est toujours inférieur à la moitié de la largeur d'un corps vertébral et se produit à la suite d'un traumatisme associant rotation et hyperflexion. [D'après EMAPP, 15825, A10, 1987, pp. 2, 3, 4.]

OBS

source c : EMAPP, 15825, A10, 1987, p. 4.

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A sign of defective ossification in the pars interarticularis of a vertebra(spondylolysis). On oblique views of the lumbar spine, the appearance of the posterior elements has been likened to that of a scotty dog. The pedicle and transverse process form the eye and nose; the superior and inferior articular processes form the ear and leg; and the pars interarticularis forms the neck. A defect in the pars interarticularis thus appears as a collar around the neck of the scotty dog. [From MESRO, 1984, vol. 3., pp. 21, 26 and EISER, 1984, p. 372. ]

OBS

It is now believed that the majority of these lesions are attributable to stress fractures of one or both sides of the neural arch through the relatively weak pars interarticularis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Image de spondylolyse isthmique, c'est-à-dire d'insuffisance d'ossification de l'isthme vertébral, visible sur les clichés de trois quarts. Cette zone mal ossifiée est responsable du «collier» du petit chien de Lachapèle. [D'après WACKV, 1983, p. 135.]

Spanish

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Record 8 1990-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

The isthmus of bone between the superior articular process and pedicle, and the inferior articular process and lamina.

OBS

Source: Shanks, S. Cochrane and Peter Kerly, eds. A Textbook of X-Rays Diagnosis. Philadelphia: W.B., Saunders, 1959, p. 411.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations

Spanish

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Record 9 1977-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
DEF

An articular process on [the] anterior surface of [the] neural arch of vertebrae of snakes and certain lizards, which fits into [the] zygantrum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
CONT

Les zygapophyses sont développées chez la plupart [des reptiles], aidées parfois (ex: serpents, certains lézards et "Sphenodon") par des apophyses de conjugaison supplémentaires sur les arcs neuraux: on les nomme [individuellement] zygosphème à l'avant de l'arc neural [...]

Spanish

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