MSC Spine ACTUAL Questions and Correct answers

MSC Spine ACTUAL
Questions and Correct
answers
Facets are also known as: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅*Look like hamburger buns*


Zygapophyseal Joints


Synovial joints (ligamentous capsule surrounding joint with synovial fluid)


Provide Motion - flexion/extension/rotation


Facets carry how much of the load? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅About 20%


The body (anterior aspect of the spinal column) carries how much of the load? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅About 80%



ALL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Anterior Longitudinal Ligament


Helps prevent hyperextension and from disc popping out anteriorly


Very wide, anterior, and DOES attach to the disc


3 Functions of the Intervertebral Disc - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- Shock absorption
- Spacer
- Movement/pivot

, The 3 main conditions that cause a lot of issues with the spine - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅- Osteophytes
- Herniated Discs
- Thicken Ligaments


Annulus fibrosus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Made up of Lamellae (thin layer of cartilage
material)


The tough circular exterior of the intervertebral disc that surrounds the soft inner core, the
nucleus pulposus.


This outer portion is composed of a ring of ligament fibers that encases the inner core of the disc
and securely connects the spinal vertebrae above and below the disc.


Nucleus pulposus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The inner core of the vertebral disc


The core is composed of a jelly-like material that consists of mainly water, as well as a loose
network of collagen fibers.


The elastic inner structure allows the vertebral disc to withstand forces of compression and
torsion.


sinuvertebral nerve - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Line the outer 1/3 of of the annulus


Communicate with the surrounding nerve structures


When there is pressure/damage to a disc... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Neurotransmitters
are released