Radiopaedia Helpers

Adjectival Hyphens

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"It is bilaterally located at the level of C6 anterior to the transverse processes. Anterior to the longus capitis muscle and covered by the pre-vertebral fascia ⁵."

Line 5:154 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'pre-vertebral'.

List Punctuation

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"The middle cervical ganglion may be absent or fused with the superior cervical ganglion."

Line 26:87 · Do not put full stops at the end of a list item.

List Caps

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"The middle cervical ganglion may be absent or fused with the superior cervical ganglion."

Line 26:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Located within the carotid sheath (8-17%) ⁵"

Line 28:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

Spinal Level Format

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