Axial Skeleton (vertebral column) Flashcards
Vertebral formula for dog
C7 T13 L7 S3 Cd~20
Vertebral formula for horse
C7 T18 L6 S5 Cd~20
Vertebral formula for ox
C7 T13 L6 S5 Cd~20
Vertebral formula for sheep/goat
C7 T13 L6(7) S4 Cd16-18
Typical vertebra body cranial extremity is convex or concave?
Convex
Typical vertebra body caudal extremity is convex or concave?
Concave
1) spinous process
2) cranial articular process
3) transverse process
4) ventral crest
5) transverse foramen
6) vertebral foramen
7a) pedicle
7B) Lamina
7) vertebral arch
What is another name for vertebral foramina and what does it house?
Vertebral canal, spinal chord
What forms the intervertebral foramina and what structures go there?
Cranial and caudal vertebral notches in arches of adjacent vertebrae, spinal nerves and vessels
What is unique about horse lateral vertebral foramina?
T 11, T 15, T16 may have fully formed lateral vertebral foramina ( intervertebral foreman w/spurs)
In cervical vertebrae what to the transverse foramina form?
Transverse canal for the vertebral VAN
What is unique to C7 compared to rest of cervical vertebrae?
Does not have transverse foramina, higher spinous process, has costal facets on its caudal surface
Name joint associated w/ the atlas, and type of joint
Atlanto-occipital joint, synovial
Why is the atlas atypical?
Reduced body and ventral arch, no spinous process or intervertebral foramen
Name Clinical significance of atlas traverse processes
Cranial ends of wings can be palpated with nochal crest to locate atlantooccipital joint to access CSF
Name joint caudal to atlas
Atlantoaxial joint
Name bone, species, and labels
Atlas, dog
1) lateral vertebral foramen
2) wing
3) alar notch
How does horse atlas differ?
Fully formed alar foramen (vs. Notch)
Why is axis atypical?
Long body, large ridge (instead of spinous process), dens
“Yes” joint
Atlantooccipital
“No” joint
Atlantoaxial
What is purpose of dens?
Articulation pivot for Atlantoaxial joint
1) body
2) ventral crest
3) dens
4) cranial articulation process
5) spinous process
6) cranial vertebral notch
7) transverse process
8) transverse foramen
9) caudal articular process
10) caudal vertebral notch