Back, Pectoral, Upper Limb Flashcards
Atlas
C1, front to back motion of head
Axis
C2, rotatory movement of the head
Vertebral body
Largest vertebral structure, most ventral
Vertebral foramen
Gap surrounded by vertebral body, pedicles, articular processes, lamina
Pedicle
Vertebral structure that connects articular processes to vertebral body
Lamina
Vertebral structure that connects articular processes to spinous processes
Superior articular process
On superior end of vertebrae, between lamina and pedicle
Inferior articular process
On inferior side of vertebrae, between lamina and pedicle
Spinous process
Most dorsal process of vertebrae
Vertebral arch
Includes pedicle and lamina
Number of cervical vertebrae
7
Number of thoracic vertebrae
12
Number of lumbar vertebrae
5
Number of sacral vertebrae
5
Number of coccygeal vertebrae
3-5
Vertebral prominens
C7, most prominent neck vertebrae
Major curvatures of the spine
Cervical lordosis
Thoracic kyphosis
Lumbar lordosis
Sacral kyphosis
Vertebral processes and markers
C7- vertebra promenens T3-in line with spines of scapulae T7- bottom of scapulae T12-last rib L4- in line with illiac crests S2- interspinal plane
Anterior ramus
Spinal nerve, main trunk, innervates trunk and limbs
Posterior ramus
Spinal nerve, smaller branch, innervates skin and back muscles
Posterior rootlets
Small nerves converge to form spinal nerve
Meningeal branch
Branch of spinal nerve that innervates spine itself
Posterior root
Dorsal root ganglia
Sympathetic ganglia
Verically-running ganglia that intersect spinal nerves
Craniovertebral joints
Atlantooccipital and atlantoaxial joints
Uncovertebral joints
Between unincate processes of c3-c7, lateral to iv joints
Intervertebral joints
Between vertebral bodies
Zygapophyseal joints (facet joints)
Join superior with inferior articular facets
Kyphosis
Excessive outward curvature
Lordosis
Excessive inward curvature
Scoliosis
Lateral curvature
Spondylosis
Wear and tear of Iv discs
Spondylolisthesis
Displaced vertebrae, slipped disc
Whiplash
Severe hyperextension of neck, possibly torn anterior longitudinal ligament
Lumbar spinal stenosis
A narrowing of the vertebral foramen in the lumbar region causing nerve inflammation
Nucleosis pulposis
Inner portion of IV disc
Annulus fibrosis
Outer fibrous portion of IV disc
External occipital protuberance
Ridge on the dorsal portion of the occipital bone
Acromion of the scapula
Most lateral portion, articulates with humerus
Inferior angle of the scapula
Bottom ridge of scapula
Superior angle of the scapula
Upper ridge of scapula
Iliocostalis
One of the erector spinae, lateral and superficial to longissimus
Longissimus
One of erector spinae, superficial and lateral to spinalis, medial and deep to iliocostalis
Spinalis
Most medial erector spinae, medial and deep to longissimus
Latissimus dorsi
Extrinsic back muscle, joins to lumbar spine facia and humerus
O-t7-l5, thoracolumnar facia, iliac crest
I-intertubercular space of bicep
N-thoracodorsal nerve c5-c7
A-thoracodorsal
Posterior superior illiac spine
Medial, superficial spines of illium on dorsum
Spine of the scapula
Dorsal-facing spine
Median furrow
Medial line of back
Foramen magnum
Hole in bottom of skull
Superior and inferior nuchal lines
As base of occipital bones where semispinalis attaches
Supraspinous fossa
Scapula, concavity above the spine of scapula
Infraspinous fossa
Concavity below clavicular spine
Mastoid process
Inferior process at bottom of temporal bone
Transverse costal facet
Articulates with ribs, only on thoracic vertebrae
Vertebral notches
Form the transverse foramina
Dens
Tooth-like projection of axis C2
Posterior and anterior tubercule
Anterior projections on atlas
Posterior arch
Vertebral arch of atlas
Groove for vertebral artery
Notch dorsal to left superior articular surface
Foramen transverarium
Holes in transverse processes of cervical vertebrae
Median sacral crest
Sacral midline with ridges
Posterior sacral foramina
2 rows of holes in sacrum
Sacral hiatus
Slot at bottom of sacrum, site for epidurals
Rhomboid major
Deep to trapezius, connects vertebral arch to scapula. Inferior to the rhomboid minor
O-t2-t5
I-medial border of scapula
N-dorsal scapular nerve c4-5
A-dorsal scapular