Cervical and Thoracic Spine Flashcards
What are the two primary or posterior convex curves seen in the vertebral column?
Thoracic and Sacral
The secondary and compensatory curves
The cervical and lumbar spine
An abnormal or exaggerated lumbar curvature often referred to as “Sway Back”
Lordosis
An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
Scoliosis
The two main parts of a typical vertebra are the
Body and vertebral arch
What is the two bony aspects of the vertebral arch that extend posteriorly from each pedicle to join at the midline?
Laminae
The tapered ending of the spinal cord is called
Conus Medullaris
True/False: The lumbar possesses a concave posterior spinal curvature?
True
An abnormal or exaggerated thoracic spinal curvature with increased convexity is called
Kyphosis
Which joints are found between the superior and inferior articular processes?
Zygopophyseal Joints
The inner aspect of the intervertebral disc is made up of
Nucleus pulposus
The outer aspect of the intervertebral disc is made up of
annulus pulposus
What passes through the cervical transverse foramina
The vertebral artery and vein
The intervertebral foramina for the C-Spine lie at what angle
45 degree
Which ligament holds the dens against the anterior arch of C1
Transverse Atlantal Ligament
The joint space between C1 and C2 is called?
Atlantoaxial Joint
List the distinctive features for all cervical vertebrae
- Bifid processes
- Overlapping
- each vertebrae has 3 foramina
Which position show the intervertebral foramina of the T-Spine
Lateral
Which specific joint spaces are visualized with a left anterior oblique projection of the thoracic spine
Left zygopophyseal joints
C7-T1
Vertebral Prominens
T2-3
Jugular Notch
T7
3-4 inches below the jugular notch
C3
Gonion
T4-5
Sternal angle
