Anatomy: Spine

Question 1

How many vertebrae are there?

Answer 1

33

7 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 sacral
4 coccygeal

Question 2

What are the 4 curves of the spine?

Answer 2

cervical lordosis
thoracic kyphosis
lumbar lordosis
sacral kyphosis

Question 3

What are the two layers of the intervertebral fibrocartilaginous joints (disks)?

Answer 3

Anulus fibrosus

Nucleus pulposus

Question 4

Acute disc prolapse results in the tearing of the _______. Pain is present when the pateint ______

Answer 4

annulus

coughs

Question 5

Patients struggling to walk downhill but are fine walking uphill may present with….

Answer 5

spinal stenosis

Question 6

Spinal stenosis is caused by _____ and enlarged ______.

Answer 6

osteophytes

ligaments

Question 7

List the spinal erector muscles (3).

Answer 7

Illiocostalis
Longissimus thoracis
Spinalis thoracis

Question 8

At what spinal level is the lumbar puncture done?

Answer 8

L3/L4

Question 9

The movements performed at the facet joints are ______, ________ and ______ ______

Answer 9

flexion
extension
lateral flexion

Question 10

L4/5 and L5/S1 are the most common sites of age-associated intervertebral disc degeneration (T/F)

Answer 10

True