Cervical and thoracic spine

Question 1

facet joint

Answer 1

connection between bones of the spine

Question 2

3 names for facet joints

Answer 2

-Cx=sloped
-Tx=vertical
-Lx=curved

Question 3

joint that attaches skull to spine

Answer 3

Atlanto-Occipital joint

Question 4

C1 and C2

Answer 4

-C1 = atlas, ringed shaped with no spinous processes
-C2 = axis has bifid spinous process and bony prominence called the odontoid process
-Atlantoaxial joint

Question 5

costocorporeal and costotransverse joints

Answer 5

-costocorporeal= between head of the ribs and the costal facets on thoracic vertebral bodies
-costotransverse= between articular facet on tubercle of the rib and transverse process
-dont exist for 11th and 12th ribs

Question 6

5 ligaments of the spine

Answer 6

-anterior and posterior longitudinal
-ligamenta flava ( connect adjacent vertebrae)
-supraspinous ligament and ligamentum nuchae (connects spinous processes from 7th cervical vertebra to 3rd and 4th lumbar vertebrae
-interspinous ligaments

Question 7

spinal cord- what does it split into

Answer 7

-Equina and Cauda,