An infant is born at 40 weeks with a primary curvature. In other words, the infant has a "C" shaped spine rather than an "S" shaped spine. How would you describe this patient? The infant has Lordosis The infant has Scoliosis The infant has Kyphosis No Pathology. The infant has a healthy spinal curve.
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Drag and drop the name and the description of spinal curvatures to the picture of a patient with that abnormal condition. The vertebral column has primary curvatures of the thoracic and sacral regions and secondary curvatures of the cervical and lumbar regions.
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95) Which of the following statements concerning the vertebral column is true? A) An exaggerated thoracic curvature of the vertebral column is called kyphosis. B) Lordosis is an exaggeration of the cervical curvature. C) The cervical curve develops before birth. D) Scoliosis is the term applied to normal curvature of the spine. E) The adult vertebral column has three curvatures.
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