C1 & C2 Flashcards

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1
Q

*Transverse Foramina allows for the passage of what artery?

A

Vertebral Artery

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2
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*The L & R vertebral artery meet to form what artery?

A

Basilar Artery of the brain

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3
Q

*What are the 3 distinctive cervical vertebrate?

A

C1, C2, & C7

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4
Q

Superior Articular Facet of ____ articulates with ______

A

C1, occipital bone

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5
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What structure of C1 connects to C2?

A

Inferior Articular Facet

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6
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C1 has a special convexity to receive a superiorly projecting part of C2 called the…

A

Dens epistrophei or odontoid process (remember that is kind of looks like a fat tooth)

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7
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The dens of C2 articulates with what part of C1?

A

Fovea for the dens of C1

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8
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The dens of C2 sits (posteriorly/anteriorly)?

A

posteriorly

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9
Q

C1 and C2 allow for what kind of movement?

A

The head to shake “no”

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10
Q

True or False

C1 has a centrum or body

A

False

Instead it has an anterior and posterior arch

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11
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Elongated extension located on the superior surface of C2 that projects into C1

A

Dens Epistrophei (Odontoid process)

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12
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Articulate with the inferior articular facets of C1

A

Superior articular facet of C2

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13
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*Passageway for vertebral arteries on their way to the cranial cavity

A

Transverse foramen

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14
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C2 articulate with the superior articular facts of C3

A

Inferior Articular Facts of C2

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15
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C2 articulate with C1 ____ and C3 ____

A

superiorly and inferiorly

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16
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C1 (does/doesn’t) have a body, C2 (does/doesn’t)

A

C1 doesn’t have a body, C2 does

17
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Dens of C2 sits (superiorly/Inferiorly) to the body

A

superiorly