Slipped Disks Are Very Common in the United States

question 20

Multiple Choice

Slipped disks are very common in the United States. Which of the following can cause a slipped disk?

• A) slipping on the ice in winter and breaking a vertebra of the coccyx
• B) improper lifting, leading to a bulge in a disk between two lumbar vertebrae
• C) two vertebrae of the sacrum slipping past each other in opposite directions
• D) scoliosis

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