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Basic anatomy of the spine Flashcards

1
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How many cervical vertebrae?

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7

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How many thoracic vertebrae?

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12

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3
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How many lumbar vertebrae

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5

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4
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How many coccygeal vertebrae?

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2

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5
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Why is C1 not typical?

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No spinous process

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6
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Why is C2 not typical?

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Odontoid process

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7
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Why is c7 not typical?

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Long spinous process

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8
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What is the spine?

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Spinal cord and vertebral column

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9
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What is the back?

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Back of trunk

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10
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What I the trunk?

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Body minus head and limbs

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11
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What is the torso?

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trunk

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12
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How many vertebrae and nerve roots in the cervical region and why?

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7 vertebrae and 8 roots - cervical roots come out above the vertebrae

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13
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Normal spinal curves

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Cervical lordosis
Thoracic kyphosis
Lumbar lordosis

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14
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What cause hunchbacks?

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Wedge shaped vertebrae = worsened thoracic kyphosis

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15
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When do you form your cervical lordosis?

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3 months - you start lifting your head

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16
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When do you form your lumbar lordosis?

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When you stand up - 1 yo

17
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What is scoliosis?

A

Lateral curvature of the spine

18
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Where do the vertebral arteries exit the spine?

A

Transverse foramen

19
Q

Characteristics of cervical vertebrae

A

Small body
Short bifid
triangular foramen

20
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Characteristics of thoracic vertebrae

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Larger than cervical, heart shaped
Long sharp spinous process
Circular vertebral foramen

21
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Characteristics of lumbar vertebrae

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Kidney shaped, triangular vertebral foramen

22
Q

What is spina bifida?

A

Neural tube fails to close and contents of spinal canal billow outwards - characteristic tuft of hair on spine

23
Q

What are the two components of the intervertebral discs?

A

Filled with nucleus pulpous

Annular fibrosis around edge of disc

24
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What is a slipped disc?

A

herniation of nucleus pulpous from vertebra when annular fibrosis is fractured

25
Q

Where does the spinal cord end?

A

l1/2

26
Q

What is important to remember about lumbar nerve roots>

A

Emerge 3 levels above vertebrae :

  • Herniation of L3/4 disc would affect dermatome L4
  • Fracture L3 affects dermatome everything below L3
27
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Where is the CSF contained?

A

Dural sack

28
Q

How to get to flavour ligament

A

SKin - fat - supraspinous - infraspinous - flavour ligament

29
Q

Ligaments in back

A

Supraspinous ligament

Ligamentum flavum

Anterior longitudinal ligament

Posterior longitudinal ligament

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