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1
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Bone classifications

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Long
Short
Flat
Irregular
Sesamoid
Sutural/Wormian bones
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Long bones

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Humerus/femur

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Short bones

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Tarsals/carpals

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Short bone shape

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Cuboidal

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Flat bones

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Squamous Skull

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Irregular bones

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Facial bones

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Sesamoid bones

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Patella

Embedded in tendon

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Sutural/Wormian bones

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Amid skull sutures in the neurocranium

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Parts of the long bones

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Epiphysis
Epiphyseal plate
Metaphysis
Diaphysis
Epiphysial line
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Epiphysis

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Portion of the bone furthest from the center

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Epiphyseal plate

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Cartilaginous region between epiphysis and metaphysis

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Metaphysis

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Flared region between diaphysis and epiphyseal plate

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Diaphysis

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Central portion of a bone

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Epiphyseal line

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Region b/w metaphysis and epiphysis after cessation of ossification

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Compact bone

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Outermost solid layer of long bones

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What is cancellous/Spongy bone

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Innermost sinusoidal layer of long bones

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Fxn of Medullary/Marrow Cavity

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Replaces some of the cancellous bone layer in adults

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Parts of the posterior basicranium

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Temporal bone (paired)
Occipital bone (unpaired)
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Parts of the Temporal bone

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Squamous part (head)
Petrous part (head)
Mastoid part
Tympanic part (head)
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Parts of the Mastoid

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Mastoid process
Mastoid foramen
Styloid process
Stylomastoid foramen
Mastoid notch
Mandibular fossa
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Fxn of Mastoid process

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Multiple muscular attachments

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Fxn of Mastoid foramen

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Transmits Mastoid Emissary Vein and Meningeal branch of Occipital Artery

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What is the origin of the styloid muscles and ligament?

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Styloid process

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24
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The mastoid notch is medial to what?

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Mastoid process

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25
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What does the mandibular fossa articulate with?

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Condylar process of mandible at the temporomandibular joint

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Parts of the Occipital bone

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Internal and External Squamous parts

Internal and external basilar parts

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Parts of the External Squamous Part

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External Occipital Protuberance/Inion
Superior Nuchal Line
Inferior Nuchal Line
External Occipital Crest

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The Superior Nuchal Line laterally extends from what?

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The External Occipital Protuberance

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What is inferior to the Superior Nuchal Line?

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The Inferior Nuchal Line

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Parts of the External Basilar part?

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Pharyngeal Tubercle
Occipital Condyle
Condylar Canal

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31
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What is the insertion point for the Superior Pharyngeal Constrictor muscle?

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Pharyngeal tubercle

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Pharyngeal tubercle

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Central
Anterior to Foramen Magnum
Protrudes inferiorly

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33
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Is the Occipital Condyle paired or unpaired?

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Paired on either side of Foramen Magnum

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What does the Occipital Condyle pair with?

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Superior Articulating process of C1 Atlas

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Where is the Condylar Canal in reference to the Occipital Condyle?

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Posterolateral

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36
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How many cervical vertebrae?

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7

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37
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Where are the C. Vertebrae located?

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B/w the occipital bone and thoracic vertebrae

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C1 is also called what?

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Atlas (Holds up the world)

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39
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Fovea for Odontoid Process is located Ant. or Pos. on the atlas?

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Anterior

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Parts of the C1 Vertebrae

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Anterior Arch
Posterior Arch
Lateral Mass

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Parts of the Anterior Arch of the Atlas

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Fovea for the Odontoid process
Facet for the Odontoid process
Anterior tubercle

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Parts of the Posterior arch

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Groove for the Vertebral artery

Posterior tubercle

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The posterior tubercle of the Atlas is analogous to what?

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Spinous process of regular vertebrae

44
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Parts of the lateral mass

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Tubercle for the transverse ligament
Superior articulating process
Inferior articulating process
Transverse Process

45
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The tubercle for the transverse ligament is the origin and contralateral insertion for what?

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Transverse band of the Cruciform ligament

46
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What does the superior articulating process articulate with?

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The occipital condyles

47
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What does the inferior articulating process articulate with?

48
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What is located within the Transverse Process and what does it transmit?

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Transverse Foramen transmits the Vertebral artery

49
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Where is the fracture of a Jeffersonian Fracture?

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Arches of the Atlas

50
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Will a Jeffersonian fracture injure the spinal cord?

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No, unless the transverse ligament is ruptured

51
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Main feature of the C2 Vertebra

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Odontoid Process

52
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Cause of Jefferson Fracture

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Blow to the top of the head (falling object or diving accident)

53
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Where are the two areas that the Axis is susceptible to fracture?

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Odontoid process

Vertebral arch

54
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Hangman’s Fracture occurs from what?

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Hyperextension of the head, fracture of the vertebral arch

55
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Where is the fracture on an Odontoid Process that will allow it to heal?

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Inferior to the base

56
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What are the features of a typical C. Vertebra (C3-6)?

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Vertebral Body
Vertebral Foramen
Vertebral Arch
Spinous process
Transverse Process
Superior Articulating Process
Inferior Articulating Process
57
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Vertebral Body

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Small and wide, superior surface concave, inferior surface convex

58
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What does the Vertebral Foramen transmit?

A

Spinal cord

59
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Two features of the vertebral arch

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Pedicle

Lamina

60
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Spina Bifida arises because of a developmental abnormality in what?

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Vertebral Lamina fail to fuse and close off the vertebral canal

61
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Spina Bifida commonly occurs at which vertebrae?

62
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What is a typical sign of benign spina bifida?

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Tuft of hair over the defect

63
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What is the appearance of the Spinous Process?

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Short and bifid

64
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What are the parts of the transverse process?

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Transverse foramen
Posterior tubercle
Anterior tubercle
Costotransverse bar

65
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Function of the Transverse Foramen

A

C1-6 transmit the Vertebral A.

66
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Attachment points for levator scapulae and scalene muscles

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Anterior and Posterior Tubercles

67
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Fxn of the costotransverse bar

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Lateral boundary of the Transverse foramen
Links the Costal and Transverse elements of the Transverse Process
Possesses a depressed area that accomodates the Anterior Rami of Spinal Nerves

68
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What does the Superior Articulating process articulate with?

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The Inferior Articulating Process of the vertebral setment above

69
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What is the main feature of the Vertebra Prominens?

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Long and well-pronounced Spinous Process

70
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Will a dislocation in the C. Vertebrae cause injury to the spinal cord?

71
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How many Thoracic Vertebrae?

72
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What is the function of the Thoracic Vertebrae?

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Attachment for the ribs

73
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The ___ of each rib articulates with the ___ of the thoracic vertebral body above the rib number and the ____ of the vertebral body of the same number

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Head, Inferior costal demifacet, superior costal demifacet

74
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Parts of the typical rib (3-9)

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Head
Neck
Tubercle
Body (shaft)

75
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What does the head of the rib articulate with?

A

Thoracic Vertebrae

76
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Parts of the rib head

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Superior and Inferior Articular facets

Crest of the head

77
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Fxn of the Superior Articular Facet?

A

Articulates with inferior Costal Demifacet on Thoracic Vertebral Body one numeric segment superiorly

78
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Fxn of the Inferior Articular Facet

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Articulates with Superior Costal Demifacet on Thoracic Vertebral of the same numeric segment

79
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Fxn of the crest of the head of the ribs

A

Separates the two articular facets

80
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What is the stretch of the bone b/w the head and tubercle of the ribs?

81
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What does the articular facet of the rib tubercle articulate with?

A

Transverse Costal Facets on Thoracic Vertebrae

82
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What attaches to the nonarticular part of the rib tubercle?

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Lateral Costotransverse Ligament

83
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What are the two parts of the rib body?

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Costal Groove

Costal Angle

84
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What houses the Intercostal nerve and vessels?

A

Costal Groove

85
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What is the anterolateral Turning point of the rib called?

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Costal angle

86
Q

What is name of the disease that involves calcification of the edges of the Vertebral body?

A

Spondylosis

87
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What does spondylosis cause?

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Localized pain and stiffness

88
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Separation of the Vertebral Arch from the Vertebral Body is called what?

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Spondylolysis

89
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Anterior displacement of the Vertebral Body on the Inferior Vertebral Segment is known as _____.

A

Spondylolisthesis

90
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How many Lumbar Vertebrae?

91
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What does the Vertebral Foramen of the Lumbar Vertebrae transmit?

A

Spinal Cord
Conus Medullaris
Cauda Equina

92
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What attaches to the Accessory Process of the Transverse Process of the Lumbar Vertebrae?

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Intertransversarii muscles

93
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What is unique to the superior articulating process of the lumbar vertebrae?

A

Mamillary Process

94
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What attaches to the Mamillary process?

A

Multifidi muscles and Intertransversarii muscles

95
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Narrowing of the lumbar vertebral foramen is called what?

A

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

96
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Where are lumbar punctures performed on the spine?

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L3/L4 or L4/L5

97
Q

What type of vertebrae is the Sacrum composed of?

A

5 fused vertebrae

98
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Parts of the Sacrum

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Base
Dorsal Surface
Ventral surface
Sacral Canal
Apex
99
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Features of the Dorsal Sacrum

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Rough and convex
Median Sacral Crest
Medial Sacral Crest
Lateral Sacral Crest
Sacral Tuberosity
Posterior (Dorsal) Sacral Foramina
Sacral Hiatus
Sacral Cornua
100
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Features of the Ventral Sacrum

A

4x Transverse Lines

Anterior Sacral Foramina

101
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What does the Anterior Sacral Foramina transmit?

A

Anterior Ramus of Sacral Spinal nerves

102
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What does the Apex of the sacrum articulate with/

103
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Parts of the Coccyx

A

Coccygeal Cornua
Transverse Process
Tip

104
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Curvature of the Thoracic spine

105
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Curvature of the Lumbar spine

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