8/19 Questions Exam 2

Question 1

What is the location of the superior vertebral notch of C2?

Answer 1

on the lamina-pedicle junction

Question 2

What attaches to the lamina of C2?

Answer 2

obliquus capitis inferior muscle
posterior atlanto-axial ligament
ligamentum flavum

Question 3

What is the appearance of the superior articular facets of C2?

Answer 3

they are asymmetrical and slightly convex

Question 4

What is the facet orientation of the superior articular facet of C2?

Answer 4

backward, upward, and lateral (BUL)

Question 5

What is the orientation of the inferior articular facets of C2?

Answer 5

forward, lateral, and down (FoLD)

Question 6

What muscle attaches to the articular processes of C2?

Answer 6

longissimus cervicis

Question 7

What osseous parts of the typical cervical transverse process are present at C2?

Answer 7

costal element
posterior tubercle
true transverse process

Question 8

What is the gender variation for the transverse diameter of C2?

Answer 8

males: fifty-seven millimeters
females: about fifty millimeters

Question 9

What muscles attach to the transverse process at C2?

Answer 9

levator scapulae
middle scalene
splenius cervicis
longissimus cervicis
intertransversarii

Question 10

What is the characteristic appearance of the C2 spinous process in humans?

Answer 10

bifid

Question 11

What muscles attach to the spinous process of C2?

Answer 11

rectus capitis posterior major
obliquus capitis inferior
spinalis cervicis
semispinalis cervicis
multifidis
rotators
interspinalis muscles

Question 12

What names may be given to C7?

Answer 12

vertebra prominens

vertebral prominence

Question 13

What is the name given to the topographical elevation observed at the base of the neck?

Answer 13

vertebral prominence

Question 14

What name is given only to C7?

Answer 14

vertebra prominens

Question 15

What is the segment and gender bias for vertebrae other than C7 becoming the vertebral prominence?

Answer 15

C6 is more common in females and T1 is more common in males

Question 16

What joint surfaces are present at the superior margin of the vertebral body of C7?

Answer 16

anterior groove
posterior groove
right and left uncinate processes
cancellous bone

Question 17

What joint surfaces are present at the inferior margin of the vertebral body of C7?

Answer 17

the anterior and posterior margins of the inferior epiphyseal rim, cancellous bone

Question 18

How many joint surfaces are present at the vertebral body of C7?

Answer 18

8

Question 19

What joint classifications are observed at the vertebral body of C7?

Answer 19

fibrous (amphiarthrosis) syndesmosis
cartilaginous (amphiarthrosis) symphysis
modified synovial saddle (diarthrosis sellar) joint

Question 20

How many synovial joint surfaces are observed at the vertebral body of C7?

Answer 20

2

Question 21

What synovial joint surfaces are observed at the vertebral body of C7?

Answer 21

the right and left uncinate processes

Question 22

What muscle(s) attaches to the vertebral body of C7?

Answer 22

longus colli muscle

Question 23

What are the osseous parts of the transverse process of C7?

Answer 23

costal element
anterior tubercle
costotransverse bar
posterior tubercle
true transverse process

Question 24

What features are typically present in the transverse foramen of C7?

Answer 24

vertebral venous plexus

postganglionic sympathetic motor fibers

Question 25

What lies on the upper surface of the pedicle of C2?

Answer 25

the superior articular process