1. one of the nine Greek goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who presided over the arts: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania. 2. (sometimes l.c.) the inspiration that motivates a poet, artist, or thinker.
The process is superimposed by degenerative changes that can cause stenosis and affect the nerve roots and these changes don't go away, even beyond age 75, as you see in this patient. Since the spine is a mobile organ structure, it does not spontaneously fuse until beyond 70 to 80 years of age.
Clinically, she was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine and degenerative spondylolisthesis of L5 on S1. At L5-S1, her initial radiograph (Figure 1) indicated a grade 1 anterolisthesis of L5 on S1 with degenerative changes of the facet joints.There was no evidence of spondylolysis.linically, she was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine and degenerative spondylolisthesis of L5 on S1. At L5-S1, her initial radiograph (Figure 1) indicated a grade 1 anterolisthesis of L5 on S1 with degenerative changes of the facet joints. There was no evidence of spondylolysis.