A Typical Vertebrae Flashcards

1
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Arch forms from joining of posterior extensions

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Vertebral arch

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2
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Bridge

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Pedicle

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3
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Connects processes

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Lamont

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4
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Two parts of vertebral arch

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Pedicle and lamina

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5
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Canal for spinal cord to pass

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Vertebral foramen

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6
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Lateral projections from vertebral arch

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Transverse processes

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7
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Single projection from posterior vertebral arch

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Spinous process

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8
Q

The spinous process is what?

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Fused lamina

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9
Q

Where muscles attach

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Transverse and spinous process

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10
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What does the superior and inferior projects allow vertebra to do

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Form joints with adjacent vertebrae

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11
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Paired projections lateral to vertebral Foramen

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Superior or inferior articular process

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12
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Cervical vertebrae are what vertebrae

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C1-C7

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13
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What does the cervical vertebrae form

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Neck region

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14
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Which of the cervical vertebrae are different

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Atlas and axis which are the first two

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15
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What is special about the atlas and axis

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Perform functions unlike other cervical vertebrae

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16
Q

What does the atlas allow you to do

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Nod yes

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17
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Superior surface of transverse processes have large depressions to receive occipital condyles

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Atlas

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18
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Unique characteristics of atlas

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No body

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19
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Acts as pivot for rotation of atlas and skull

20
Q

The large upright processes are called what and do what

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Send and acts as a pivot point

21
Q

What allows you to indicate no

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Joint between atlas and axis

22
Q

C3-C7 are called what

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Typical vertebrae

23
Q

What is special about the typical vertebrae

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Smallest and lightest vertebrae

24
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Spinous processes of the typical vertebrae are what

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Short and divided into 2 branches

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The transverse processes of typical vertebrae are what
Contain foramina for vertebral arteries to pass on the way to the brain
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T1-T12
Thoracic vertebrae
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In comparison to the cervical the thoracic are ?
Larger
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What is special about the thoracic vertebrae
Articulate with ribs
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The body of the thoracic is what?
Heart shaped
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The two costal facets of the thoracic vertebrae do what
Receive heads of ribs
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The transverse processes of thoracic vertebrae do what
Articulate with know like tubercles of ribs
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What does the thoracic vertebraes spinous process look like
Long and hooks downward and looks like giraffes head when looked at from the side
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L1-L5
Lumbar vertebrae
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The bodies of the lumbar vertebrae are what
Massive and block like
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Spinous processes of lumbar vertebrae
Short and hatchet shaped to look like a moose head
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Most of the stress of vertebral column occurs in what
Lumbar vertebrae
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How is the sacrum formed
Fusion of fiver vertebrae
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What does the sacrum articulate with
Superiorly with L5 | Inferior my with coccyx
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The sacrums wing like alae articulate laterally with hip bones to form what joint
Sacroilic joints
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Forms posterior wall of pelvis
Sacrum
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End of spinal cord
Sacral hiatus
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How is coccyx formed
3-5 vertebrae
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Shape of coccyx
Tiny irregularly shaped
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What is the coccyx
Tailbone or remnant of a tail that other vertebraes have
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Disc like weight-bearing part of vertebrae faces anteriorly in vertebral column
Body or centrum