Oblique View of the Lumbar Spine revealing the Scottie Dog – The Neck Represents the Pars Interarticularis

The left anterior oblique plain X-ray of the lumbar spine shows the Scottie dog with orange nose pointed to the patients right. (b) The neck (light blue) of the Scottie dog represents the pars interarticularis. The eye of Scottie dog is the pedicle, (light orange) while the transverse pocess is the nose. (bright orange) The one fromt leg (teal blue) represets onre of the inferior facet joints while the contralateral inferior facet is represented as a hindleg. (teal blue). The ear (lime green) is the superior facet, while the Scottie’s rump (bright pink) is the spinous processs. The body of the animal is overlaid in purple and represents the lamina.of the posterior column.

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