Procedures: Cervical and
Thoracic Spine solved &
updated (GUARANTEED
SUCCESS)
# bones in cervical vertebral column - answer 7
# bones in thoracic vertebral column - answer 12
# of bones in Lumbar vertebral column - answer 5
# of bones in Sacrum - answer 1 (5 fused)
# of bones in coccyx - answer 1 (4 fused)
Total # of bone in vertebral column - answer 33 (children) 26 (adult)
The two primary or posterior convex curves seen in vertebral column - answer thoracic and sacral
which two portions of the vertebral column are classified as secondary or compensatory curves - answer
cervical and lumbar
Convex curve (with respect to posterior) - answer Thoracic and sacrum
Concave curve (with respect to posterior) - answer cervical and lumbar
, Secondary Curve - answer cervical and lumbar
Primary curve - answer thoracic and sacral
develops as child learns to hold head erect - answer cervical spine
An abnormal, exaggerated "sway back" lumbar curvature - answer Lordosis
An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine is called - answer scoliosis
The two main parts of atypical vertebra - answer Body and vertebral arch
Two bony aspects of the vertebral arch that extend posteriorly from each pedicle to join at the midline -
answer lamina
Two small notches on the superior and inferior aspects of the pedicles create the __________ foramina.
- answer intervertebral
The opening, or passageway, for the spinal cord is - answer vertebral (spinal) canal
The spinal cord begins with __________ of the brain and extends down to the _________ vertebra,
where it tapers and ends. The tapered end is called ______ - answer Medulla oblongata, Lower border
of L1, conus Medullaris
Which structures pass through the intervertebral foramina? - answer spinal nerves and blood vessels
What joint is found between the superior and inferior articular processes? - answer zygapophyseal joints
Which thoracic vertebra have FULL facets? - answer T 1 and T10-T12
Thoracic Spine solved &
updated (GUARANTEED
SUCCESS)
# bones in cervical vertebral column - answer 7
# bones in thoracic vertebral column - answer 12
# of bones in Lumbar vertebral column - answer 5
# of bones in Sacrum - answer 1 (5 fused)
# of bones in coccyx - answer 1 (4 fused)
Total # of bone in vertebral column - answer 33 (children) 26 (adult)
The two primary or posterior convex curves seen in vertebral column - answer thoracic and sacral
which two portions of the vertebral column are classified as secondary or compensatory curves - answer
cervical and lumbar
Convex curve (with respect to posterior) - answer Thoracic and sacrum
Concave curve (with respect to posterior) - answer cervical and lumbar
, Secondary Curve - answer cervical and lumbar
Primary curve - answer thoracic and sacral
develops as child learns to hold head erect - answer cervical spine
An abnormal, exaggerated "sway back" lumbar curvature - answer Lordosis
An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine is called - answer scoliosis
The two main parts of atypical vertebra - answer Body and vertebral arch
Two bony aspects of the vertebral arch that extend posteriorly from each pedicle to join at the midline -
answer lamina
Two small notches on the superior and inferior aspects of the pedicles create the __________ foramina.
- answer intervertebral
The opening, or passageway, for the spinal cord is - answer vertebral (spinal) canal
The spinal cord begins with __________ of the brain and extends down to the _________ vertebra,
where it tapers and ends. The tapered end is called ______ - answer Medulla oblongata, Lower border
of L1, conus Medullaris
Which structures pass through the intervertebral foramina? - answer spinal nerves and blood vessels
What joint is found between the superior and inferior articular processes? - answer zygapophyseal joints
Which thoracic vertebra have FULL facets? - answer T 1 and T10-T12
