What compensation should be made in the lateral projection of the thoracic vertebral column on a recumbent patient when the lower thoracic region is not parallel with the table?

The anterior oblique thoracic spine position demonstrates the upside zygapophyseal joints.

Which evaluation criterion pertains to PA axial oblique projections of the cervical vertebral column?

A patient comes to radiology for a follow-up study of the cervical spine. The patient had spinal fusion between C5 and C6 performed 6 months earlier.  His physician wants to assess the cervical spine for anteroposterior mobility.  Which of the following projections would provide this assessment?

The condition involving a “slipped disk” is correctly referred to as _____.

The two main parts of a typical vertebra are the _____ and the _____?  

The most posterior aspect of a typical vertebra is the:   

An abnormal, or exaggerated, “sway back” lumbar curvature is called _____.

T2-T3 intervertebral disk space is found:

BONUS (4 pts) – Describe why the microbiome is considered part of the innate immune system.