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Cervical - Answers 7
Thoracic - Answers 12
Lumbar - Answers 5
Sacrum - Answers 1
Coccyx - Answers 1
Total Adult vertebral column - Answers 26
two primary or posterior convex curves seen in the vertebral column. - Answers Thoracic & Sacral
Indicate which two portions of the vertebral column are classified as secondary or compensatory curves.
- Answers Cervical & Lumabr
An abnormal, or exaggerated, ''sway back'' lumbar curvature is called - Answers Lordosis
An abnormal lateral curvature seen in the thoracolumbar spine is called - Answers Scoliosis
The two main parts of a typical vertebra are the _____ and the ________. - Answers Body & Vertebral
arch
the ____ are the two bony aspects of the vertebral arch that extend posteriorly from each pedicle to join
midline - Answers Lamina
The _______ foramina are created by two small notches on the superior and inferior aspects of the
pedicles. - Answers Intervertebral
The opening, or passageway, for the spinal cord is the __________. - Answers Vertebral (Spinal) Canal
The spinal Cord begins with the (A)______ of the brain and extends down to the (B)_______ vertebra,
where it tapers and ends. This tapered ending is called the (C)__________. - Answers A.Medulla
oblongata
B. Lower border of L1
C. Conus medullaris
Which structures pass through the intervertebral foramina - Answers Spinal nerves and blood vessls
Convex curve (with respect to posterior) - Answers Thoracic Spine & Sacrum
, Concave curve (with respect to posterior) - Answers Cervical Spine & Lumbar spine
Secondary curve - Answers Cervical Spine & Lumbar spine
Primary Curve - Answers Thoracic spine & Sacrum
Develops as child learns to hold head erect - Answers Cervical spine
which of the follwoing is found between the superior and inferior articular processes? - Answers
Zygapophyseal joints
T/F Only T1, T11 & T12 have full facets for articulation with ribs - Answers True
T/F the zygapophyseal joints of all cervical vertebrae are visualized only in a true lateral position. -
Answers False
Outer aspect of intervertebral disk. - Answers Annulus fibrosus
Inner aspect of intervertebral disk. - Answers Nucleus pulposus
The condition involving a '' slipped disk'' is correctly referred to as - Answers Herniated nucleus pulposus
(HNF)
alternative names for the cervical vertebrae.C1: - Answers Atlas
alternative names for the cervical vertebrae. C2 - Answers Axis
alternative names for the cervical vertebrae. C7 - Answers Vertebra prominens
List three features that make the cervical vertebrae unqiue. - Answers 1.Transverse foarmina
2.Bifid spinous process
3.Overlapping vertebral bodies.
A short column of bone found between the superior and articular processes in a typical vertebra is
called - Answers articular pillar
What is the term for the same structure, identified in the previous question for the C1 vertebra? -
Answers Lateral mass
The zygopophyseal joints for the second through seventh cervical vertebrae are at a ____ degree angle
to the midsagital plane; the thoracic vertebrae are at a _____ degree angle to the midsagittal plan. -
Answers 90 deg; 70 to 75 deg