Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
en CV axoatlantoidea
English translation:
in the atlantoaxial region of the spine / VC
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Charles Davis
Aug 13, 2018 17:47
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Spanish term
en CV axoatlantoidea
Spanish to English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
Discharge report (Psychiatric Unit)
Good evening
I am translating a report (informe de Alta) from a Psychiatric Unit in Spain. Subject is a female patient admitted after overdose.
My question is about a term in the section headed "Anamnesis" (which I have translated as History).
SOURCE TEXT "Hay un traumatismo en el que se hace despitaje de lesion tipo luxacion en CV axoatlantoidea, asi como otras localizaciones inflamatorias en pierna dcha. Dice no recordar como fue la situacion traumatica"
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CV "cervical vertebrae"? I cannot find any references to "axoatlantoidea" and there is no other context to go on.
I am translating a report (informe de Alta) from a Psychiatric Unit in Spain. Subject is a female patient admitted after overdose.
My question is about a term in the section headed "Anamnesis" (which I have translated as History).
SOURCE TEXT "Hay un traumatismo en el que se hace despitaje de lesion tipo luxacion en CV axoatlantoidea, asi como otras localizaciones inflamatorias en pierna dcha. Dice no recordar como fue la situacion traumatica"
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CV "cervical vertebrae"? I cannot find any references to "axoatlantoidea" and there is no other context to go on.
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in the atlantoaxial region of the spine / VC
"Axoatlantoidea" is a rather unusual variant; the usual form is "atlantoaxoidea". It's an adjective referring to the very top part of the spine, between the first and second cervical vertebrae, which are respectively called the atlas (C1) and the axis (or epistropheus) (C2). The atlantoaxial (or atlanto-axial) joint is the joint between these two; it is actually four distinct joints.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanto-axial_joint
I think CV has its normal meaning of columna vertebral. Axoatlantoidea is an adjective. So it means the "columna vertebral axoatlantoidea". In English I think we would call this the atlantoaxial region of the spine. The abbreviation VC for vertebral column is also used.
It doesn't quite say that the patient has suffered an atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD), which is extremely serious and can be fatal, but a "dislocation-type injury".
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Note added at 49 mins (2018-08-13 18:37:03 GMT)
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"La columna cervical se divide en dos porciones:
- la columna atlantoaxoidea, que incluye la base del cráneo, C1 y C2.
- la columna subaxial, por debajo de C2 con vertebras anatómicamente
similares a las torácicas y lumbares"
https://documen.site/download/manejo-de-la-via-aerea-en-la-i...
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Note added at 51 mins (2018-08-13 18:39:07 GMT)
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So "CV axoatlantoidea" is another way of saying "CV atlantoaxoidea" or "columna atlantoaxoidea", meaning the upper portion of the cervical spine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanto-axial_joint
I think CV has its normal meaning of columna vertebral. Axoatlantoidea is an adjective. So it means the "columna vertebral axoatlantoidea". In English I think we would call this the atlantoaxial region of the spine. The abbreviation VC for vertebral column is also used.
It doesn't quite say that the patient has suffered an atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD), which is extremely serious and can be fatal, but a "dislocation-type injury".
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Note added at 49 mins (2018-08-13 18:37:03 GMT)
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"La columna cervical se divide en dos porciones:
- la columna atlantoaxoidea, que incluye la base del cráneo, C1 y C2.
- la columna subaxial, por debajo de C2 con vertebras anatómicamente
similares a las torácicas y lumbares"
https://documen.site/download/manejo-de-la-via-aerea-en-la-i...
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Note added at 51 mins (2018-08-13 18:39:07 GMT)
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So "CV axoatlantoidea" is another way of saying "CV atlantoaxoidea" or "columna atlantoaxoidea", meaning the upper portion of the cervical spine.
Note from asker:
Great help. Many thanks, Charles |
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