Cervical Region

Question 1

List in order, the osseous parts of the typical cervical vertebra transverse process beginning at the vertebral body

Answer 1

Costal element, anterior tubercle, costotransverse bar posterior tubercle, true transverse process

Question 2

What muscle will attach to the anterior tubercle of a typical cervical vertebra

Answer 2

Anterior Scalene, longus capitis, longus colli, anterior intertransversarii

Question 3

What muscles may attach to the posterior tubercle of a typical cervical vertebrae

Answer 3

splenius cervicis, iliocostalis cervicis, longissimus cervicis, levator scapula, middle scalene, posterior scalene, rotators and posterior intertransversarii

Question 4

What muscles attach to the costotransverse bar

Answer 4

middle scalene and posterior intertransversarii

Question 5

What is the name given to the collective rib-forming region

Answer 5

the pleurapophysis

Question 6

What is the name given to the superior margin of the costotransverse bar

Answer 6

sulcus for the anterior primary ramus of a cervical spinal nerve

Question 7

What is the orientation and angulation of a typical cervical transverse process

Answer 7

60 degrees anteriolaterally (from midsagittal plane), 15 degrees inferiorly (from the horizontal plane)

Question 8

What is the name given to the modification of the anterior tubercle of the C6 transverse process

Answer 8

the carotid tubercle

Question 9

What will cause remodeling of the anterior tubercle at C6

Answer 9

the common carotid artery

Question 10

What will occupy the typical cervical vertebrae transverse foramen

Answer 10

the vertebral artery, vertebral venous plexus and postganglionic sympathetic motor nerve fibers

Question 11

What is the name of the surface feature observed between the ends of the articular pillar

Answer 11

the grove/sulcus for the dorsal ramus of a cervical nerve

Question 12

What is the classic angulation of typical cervical articular facets

Answer 12

40-45 degrees from the coronal plane

Question 13

recent work suggests what angulation for typical cervical articular facets

Answer 13

55-60 degrees

Question 14

What is the orientation of a typical cervical superior articular facet

Answer 14

BUM backward upward and medial

Question 15

What is the orientation of a typical cervical inferior articular facet

Answer 15

FoLD forward lateral and down

Question 16

What muscles will attach to typical cervical articular processes

Answer 16

The longissimus capitis, longissimus cervicis, semispinalis capitis, semispinalsi cervicis, multifidus and rotator longus

Question 17

Ranges of coupled motion among the typical cervical vertebrae will be similar for what cervical vertebral couples

Answer 17

C2-C3
C3-C4
C4-C5 vertebral couples

Question 18

Ranges of coupled motion among the typical cervical vertebrae will begin to decrease at what cervical vertebral couple

Answer 18

the C5/C6 vertebral couple

Question 19

What is the usual condition for the Caucasian typical cervical spinous process

Answer 19

They are bifid

Question 20

What is the usual condition for the African American typical cervical spinous process

Answer 20

they are non-bifid

Question 21

What muscles may attach to the typical cervical spinous process

Answer 21

the spinalis cervicis, semispinalis cervicis, semispinalis thoracis, multifidis, rotators and interspinalis

Question 22

What forms the unique anterior boundary of the intervertebral foramen for the C4 spinal nerve

Answer 22

The lateral groove of C3 and uncinate process of C4 forming the joint of Luschka

Question 23

What produces the primary tension on the transverse process that will cause remodeling in the anterolateral and inferior directions

Answer 23

cervical spinal nerves as they are directed anterolaterally and inferiorly to form the cervical and brachial plexuses

Question 24

What part of the peripheral nerve system is observed in the transverse foramen of typical cervical vertebrae

Answer 24

post-ganglionic sympathetic motor nerve fibers of the autonomic (involuntary or visceral) nerve system

Question 25

What will inflluence spinal kinematics

Answer 25

geometry of articular facets, mechanical properties of connective tissue, mechanical properties of muscle

Question 26

what should be carefully considered when applying research results to a population

Answer 26

The condition of the subject material, age range of the population the method of measurement

Question 27

What will form the anterior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen

Answer 27

the lateral groove and vertebral body of the segment above, the uncinate process and vertebral body of the segment below, the intervertebral disc and the posterior longitudinal ligament

Question 28

What will for the posterior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen

Answer 28

the inferior articular process (post zygapophysis), the superior articular process (pre-zygapophysis), the capsular ligament and the ligamentum flavum

Question 29

What will form the superior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen

Answer 29

the inferior vertebral notch or inferior vertebral incisure

Question 30

What will form the inferior boundary of a typicl cervical intervertebral foramen

Answer 30

the superior vertebral notch or superior vertebral inscisure

Question 31

What will form the unique anterior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen

Answer 31

the uncinate process of the segment below and lateral groove of the segment above forms the joint of Luschka

Question 32

What forms the unique anterior boundary of the intervertebral foramen for the C4 spinal nerve

Answer 32

the lateral groove of C3 and uncinate process of C4 forming the joint of Luschka