8/31 Questions Exam 2

Question 1

Which muscle(s) is attached to the vertebral body of T12?

Answer 1

psoas major and psoas minor

Question 2

What does the lateral tubercle of T12 represent?

Answer 2

the transverse process

Question 3

What does the superior tubercle of T12 represent?

Answer 3

the mammillary process of lumbar vertebrae

Question 4

What does the inferior tubercle of T12 represent?

Answer 4

the accessory process of lumbar vertebrae

Question 5

What is the location of the lateral tubercle?

Answer 5

it projects laterally from the pars interarticularis of T12

Question 6

What joint surface of the typical thoracic transverse process is absent on T12?

Answer 6

the transverse costal facet

Question 7

What ligaments form the costotransverse joint of the twelfth rib?

Answer 7

the superior costotransverse ligament from T11 and the lumbocostal ligament from L1

Question 8

Which costotransverse ligament(s) are attached at T12?

Answer 8

none, capsular, superior, inferior, and lateral costotransverse ligaments lack an attachment to T12

Question 9

What muscles attach to the transverse process region of T12?

Answer 9

longissimus thoracis
semispinalis thoracis
multifidis
rotator longus
rotator brevis
intertransversarii

Question 10

Which segment is the last to demostrate a levator costarum brevis attachment?

Answer 10

T11

Question 11

Which segment is the last to demostrate a levator costarum longus attachment?

Answer 11

T10

Question 12

What is the orientation of the superior articular facets of T12?

Answer 12

they face backward, upward, and lateral (BUL)

Question 13

What is the orientation of the inferior articular facets of T12?

Answer 13

they face forward, downward, and lateral (FoLD)

Question 14

How many synovial joints are typically present at T12?

Answer 14

6

Question 15

What muscles attach to the spinous process of T12?

Answer 15

trapezius
latissimus dorsi
serratus posterior inferior
iliocostalis lumborum
spinalis thoracis
multifidis
rotator longus
rotator brevis
interspinalis

Question 16

What is the generic shape of the typical lumbar vertebral body from the cranial view?

Answer 16

reniform or kidney-shaped

Question 17

What accounts for the direction of the lumbar curve?

Answer 17

the vertebral body and intervertebral disc have a greater anterior height than posterior height

Question 18

How many joint surfaces are present on the vertebral body of a typical lumbar?

Answer 18

6

Question 19

How many synovial joint surfaces are present on the vertebral body of a typical lumbar?

Answer 19

none

Question 20

How many cartilaginous (amphiarthrosis) symphysis joint surfaces are on a typical lumbar vertebral body?

Answer 20

2

Question 21

How many fibrous (amphiarthrosis) syndesmosis joint surfaces are on a typcial lumbar vertebral body?

Answer 21

4

Question 22

What muscle(s) may attach from the first lumbar vertebral body?

Answer 22

psoas major and psoas minor

Question 23

What muscle(s) may attach from the second down to the fourth lumbar vertebral body?

Answer 23

psoas major

Question 24

Psoas minor will only attach to the vertebral body of which segments?

Answer 24

T12, T1

Question 25

What is the name given to ligaments that attach the vertebral body to articular process?

Answer 25

transforaminal ligaments

Question 26

What ligaments attach the vertebral body to the transverse process?

Answer 26

corporotransverse ligaments

Question 27

Cervical-upper thoracic Hofmann ligaments will attach what structures together?

Answer 27

dura mater to segments above