Bontrager Chapter 9 Self Test: L-spine Sacrum Coccyx
Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
c. larger & more blunt - Answer✔️✔️-Compared with the spinous processes
of the C & T spine, the lumbar spinous processes are:
a. smaller
b. pointed down more
c. larger & more blunt
d. absent
c. promontory - Answer✔️✔️-The anterior ridge of the upper sacrum is
called the:
a. median sacral crest
b. cornua
c. promontory
d. sacral hornys
b. 25-30 - Answer✔️✔️-Each sacroiliac joint is obliqued posteriorly _____*.
a. 20
b. 25-30
c. 45
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d. 50
45 - Answer✔️✔️-The angle of the midlumbar spine zygapophyseal joints in
relation to the midsagittal plane is _____.
c. between the superior & inferior articular processes - Answer✔️✔️-Where
is the pars interarticularis found?
a. superior & inferior aspect of the pedicle
b. between the intervertebral disk & vertebra
c. between the superior & inferior articular processes
d. between the lamina & body spinous processes
large vertebral body & large blunt spinous process - Answer✔️✔️-What
characteristic of the Lateral L-spine makes it different from the T-spine?
synovial, plane (gliding) - Answer✔️✔️-The zygapophyseal joints of the L-
spine ae classified as ______ joints with ______ type of joint movement.
zygaphoseal - Answer✔️✔️-The ear and front leg of the 'Scottie dog' make
up the _____ joint, best seen in the oblique position.
b. lower costal margin - Answer✔️✔️-Which one of the following
topographic landmarks corresponds to the L2-3 level?
a. xyphoid process
b. lower costal margin
c. iliac crest
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