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The condition where the pedicles of the vertebral arches fail to fuse with the vertebral body is called

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The condition where the pedicles of the vertebral arches fail to fuse with the vertebral body is called


  1. block vertebrae
  2. cleft vertebrae
  3. hemivertebrae
  4. spondylolisthesis
  5. spina bifida occulta

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D. When the pedicles fail to fuse with the vertebral body, a condition called spondylolisthe-sis results. This allows the vertebral body to move anterior with respect to the vertebrae below, it causing lordosis.

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