back flash cards 8.27.13
hyoid bone
bone inferior to jaw anterior to spine
vertebral body
round part projecting anteriorly
vertebral arch (neural arch)
boney part of vertabrae projecting anteriorl
vertebral foramen
“hole down the middle”
vertebral canal
tube produced by connecting vertabrae where vertebral foramen line up
synovial joint
type of joint in spine at articulate process
symphyses
fibrous joints formed by vertebral bodies
intervertebral fibrocartilaginous discs
join bodies of vertabrae together - shrink as we age
what holds together dsks?
powerful longitudinal ligaments
pedicle
foot like process that bridges vertebral body and vertebral arch
transverse process process
bilateral boney “plates” use to connect bone or muscle
lamina
flatened plate between leading to spinous process
spinous process
posterior projection
ligaments that attach to spinous process:
suprspinous and interspinous
articular process
joints on spine 2 superior and two inferior
vertebral notches
superior faces up inferior faces donw. Notches in properly aligned colum
atlas
1st cervical vertabrae articlate with skull
Axis
2nd cervical vertabrae. The 1st vertabrae pivots on this.
vertebra prominens
c7 - first palpable vertabrae
thoracic vertabrae
12 - form joints with ribs
sacral
5 vertabrae fused together to form sacrum
sacroiliac joints
sacrum articulates with two coxal bones to form pelvis here
coccygeal
tailbone - fused, vestigial part of human tail