block 5 lecture 7 examination

Question 1

how is discriminate touch transmitted?

Answer 1

ipsilateral dorsal column

Question 2

in discriminate touch where are the transmission in the ipsilateral dorsal column in the upper limbs?

Answer 2

fasciculus cuteatus

Question 3

in discriminate touch where are the transmission in the ipsilateral dorsal column in the lower limbs?

Answer 3

fasciculus gracilis

Question 4

how is pain an tempeature transmitted?

Answer 4

contralateral spinothalamic tract

Question 5

what are the four section of the spine?

Answer 5

1.cervical 2.thorax 3.lumbar 4.sacrum and coccyx

Question 6

what are vertebrae connected by?

Answer 6

fibrous tissue

Question 7

what joints allow the spine to move?

Answer 7

facet joints

Question 8

where are the intervertebral discs?

Answer 8

within facet lobes

Question 9

what does muscle attach to on the spinal cord?

Answer 9

spinal processes

Question 10

what are he components of vertebra?

Answer 10

vertebral body and arch

Question 11

what is the function of the vertebral body?

Answer 11

supports weight

Question 12

what is the function of the vertebral arch?

Answer 12

protection and maintains column during movement

Question 13

what is the joint for movement of the head and where is it?

Answer 13

atlanta-occipital joint at C1

Question 14

what is the formation of the articular joint at C1 and C2?

Answer 14

C2 has a peg with sticks up in the bony ring of C1

Question 15

what does the articular joint between C1 and C2 allow?

Answer 15

allows the head to rotate

Question 16

what is the peg in the C1 and C2 articular joint called?

Answer 16

odontoid peg

Question 17

why does the vertebra of the cervical spine have small bodies?

Answer 17

only supporting the weight of the head

Question 18

what happens to the spinal cord as you go down the spinal cord?

Answer 18

gets thinner

Question 19

where in the spine is the vertebral artery?

Answer 19

vertebral foramen

Question 20

on a hospital CT what do you look at?

Answer 20

cervical lines, disc spaces and soft tissue in front of the vertebrae

Question 21

what are the joints arranged for in the thoracic spine?

Answer 21

flexion and extension

Question 22

what do the sacrum and coccyx form?

Answer 22

part of the pelvis

Question 23

where does the spinal cord stop?

Answer 23

L2

Question 24

what does the spinal cord form at the bottom?

Answer 24

cauda equina and terminal filum

Question 25

what are the 3 curves of the spine?

Answer 25

cervical lordosis, thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis

Question 26

what is spinal bifida?

Answer 26

fibrous tissue growing in utero due to incomplete zipping of the neural tube

Question 27

where is the sciatic nerve?

Answer 27

L5-S2

Question 28

where is the femoral nerve?

Answer 28

L2-L4