Vertebral Column — MCQs

Spine MRI shows 'pencil-sharpened' vertebral bodies and 'H-shaped' vertebrae on T1-weighted images. Most likely diagnosis?

A resident at the emergency department is preparing for a lumbar puncture in a 26 years old female with suspected subarachnoid bleeding. Although she presented with altered sensorium, CT brain was found to be normal. During LP, which structure is pierced after the spinal needle crosses interspinous ligament?

Third part of vertebral artery is related to which of the following ?

A patient while lifting a heavy weight presents with sudden onset pain in the lower back radiating along the postero-lateral thigh and lateral leg to the big toe with numbness. The most likely diagnosis is:

All of the following are true regarding ankylosing spondylitis except:

A 69-year-old man has an abnormally increased curvature of the thoracic vertebral column. Which of the following conditions is the most likely diagnosis?

All are pierced in Lumbar Puncture except:

What constitutes a spinal motion segment?

In a diving accident that severed the spinal cord below the sixth cervical vertebra, which of the following muscles would be affected?

The lower two thirds of the following hematoxylin and eosin stained specimen is similar in appearance to which of the following structures?