EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How many total vertebrae in the verterbral column? - ANS 33
Number of Cervical verterba? - ANS 7
Number of Thoracic vertebra? - ANS 12
Number of Lumbar vertebra? - ANS 5
Number of Sacral vetebra? - ANS 5
Number of coccygeal vertebra? - ANS 4
What are the atypical cervical vertebrae? - ANS C1, C2, C7
What are the typical cervical vertebrae? - ANS C3-C6
Where are the spinous processes short in the cervical vertebrae? - ANS C3-C5
Where are the spinous processes short and bifid? - ANS C2-C6
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, What are the typical thoracic vertebrae? - ANS T2-T9
What are the atypical thoracic vertebrae? - ANS T1, T10-T12
Bifid spinous processes are more common in what two groups? Less common? (2 groups) -
ANS whites and males; african americans and females
Motion occurs between the superior most 25 vertebrae. What is this joint called? -
ANS zygapophysial or facet joint
The facet joint is what type of joint? - ANS plane joint, synovial joint
What two things join together to form this joint? - ANS The superior and inferior articular
processes
What are the three things a vertebra consists of? - ANS vertebral body, vertebral arch, and
seven processes
Where do the spinal nerves emerge from? - ANS The intervertebral foramen
What makes up the intervertebral foramen? - ANS The inferior and superior vertebral
notches
Cervical Vertebra form the skeleton of the _____ - ANS Neck
What is the most distinctive feature of a cervical verterba? - ANS foramen transversarium-
this permits verterbal arteries and veins passing through them, located by the transverse
process
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