What is a fracture through the C2 pedicles as a result of extreme hyperextension of the neck?
Jefferson's
clay shoveler's
whiplash
hangman's
hangman's
Rationale: Hangman's fracture is a fracture that extends through the pedicles of C2 and may include subluxation of C2 onto C3.
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