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DXI DJD (ACTUAL 2025/2026) EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
How common is DJD compared to other arthropathies? - (answers)MOST
COMMON
What is the age/sex prevalence for DJD? - (answers)-Males until age 45
-Females after age 45
How might a patient with DJD present? - (answers)-Often asymptomatic until
advanced
-Progresses to aching/stiffness that increases with rest and decreases with motion
What areas of the body is DJD most common? - (answers)-Weight bearing joints
(spine, hip, knees)
-Also in hands
Where in the cervical spine will DJD generally affect? What are the effects? -
(answers)-Affects C5-C7
-Osteophytes
-Loss of disc height
-Subchondral sclerosis
-Spinal stenosis (<12mm)
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Can there be atlantoaxial arthrosis in DJD? Does it occur often? - (answers)-Yes,
but it's very rare
-Can be the cause of occipitocervical pain in old people
What can happen to the apophyseal joints in DJD? - (answers)-Facet arthrosis
What can happen to uncovertebral joints in DJD? What can this cause to appear
radiographically? - (answers)-Bowing of joints
-Can cause pseudofractures on lateral cervical view
What area of the thoracic spine is most affected by DJD? What are the effects? -
(answers)-T9-T12
-Osteophytes on right side - causing pulsation inhibition of left side from aorta
-Increasing kyphosis
What can happen in costovertebral joints in thoracic spine in DJD? - (answers)-
Coin lesion in lung can be simulated
-Small IVFs (normally on small side anyway)
Where in lumbar spine is most commonly affected by DJD? What are the effects?
- (answers)-L4/L5
-Osteophytes
DXI DJD (ACTUAL 2025/2026) EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
How common is DJD compared to other arthropathies? - (answers)MOST
COMMON
What is the age/sex prevalence for DJD? - (answers)-Males until age 45
-Females after age 45
How might a patient with DJD present? - (answers)-Often asymptomatic until
advanced
-Progresses to aching/stiffness that increases with rest and decreases with motion
What areas of the body is DJD most common? - (answers)-Weight bearing joints
(spine, hip, knees)
-Also in hands
Where in the cervical spine will DJD generally affect? What are the effects? -
(answers)-Affects C5-C7
-Osteophytes
-Loss of disc height
-Subchondral sclerosis
-Spinal stenosis (<12mm)
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Can there be atlantoaxial arthrosis in DJD? Does it occur often? - (answers)-Yes,
but it's very rare
-Can be the cause of occipitocervical pain in old people
What can happen to the apophyseal joints in DJD? - (answers)-Facet arthrosis
What can happen to uncovertebral joints in DJD? What can this cause to appear
radiographically? - (answers)-Bowing of joints
-Can cause pseudofractures on lateral cervical view
What area of the thoracic spine is most affected by DJD? What are the effects? -
(answers)-T9-T12
-Osteophytes on right side - causing pulsation inhibition of left side from aorta
-Increasing kyphosis
What can happen in costovertebral joints in thoracic spine in DJD? - (answers)-
Coin lesion in lung can be simulated
-Small IVFs (normally on small side anyway)
Where in lumbar spine is most commonly affected by DJD? What are the effects?
- (answers)-L4/L5
-Osteophytes
