Ch 9 Lecture Flashcards
Characteristics of lumbar spine (3)
Small transverse process, spinous process at level of inferior disk space, larger than other vertebra
How many lumbar spine
5
Demonstrated best on lateral
Intervertebral foramina
When superior and inferior vertebral notches are lined up they make up the
Intervertebral foramina
Upper and lower portion of each pedicle is termed the
Superior and inferior vertebral notches
Zygopophyseal joint space degree
30-50 to the midsagittal plane
Upper vertebra are at what angle
50 degree
Lower vertebra are near what degree
30 degree
Sacrum is what shaped
Shovel
In sacrum what part points down
Apex
How many sets of pelvic sacral foramina
4
Helps form the wall of the inlet of the true pelvis
Promontory
Continuation of the vertebral canal and contains certain sacral nerves
Sacral canal
Formed by fused spinal processes of sacral vertebra
Median sacral crest
Sacrum articulates with pelvis at
Auricular surface