Chapter 7: The Vertebral Column

Question 1

How many curves does the adult spine have?

Answer 1

four

Question 2

intervertebral foramina

Answer 2

where two vertebrae meet. Where nerves exit the spinal cord.

Question 3

intervertebral disks

Answer 3

fibrocartilage between each of the vertabrae that provides cushion between the vertebral bodies.

Question 4

How many bones in the vertebral column?

Answer 4

(26)
7 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
1 saccral
1 coccyx

Question 5

intervertebral notches

Answer 5

these form the intervertebral foramen in the pedicles of adjacent vertabrae. It is also where nerves exit the spinal cord.

Question 6

nucleus pulpous

Answer 6

the gelatinous soft center of the intervertebral disk

Question 7

annulus fibrous

Answer 7

the are of the intervertebral disk that surrounds the nucleus pulpous.

Question 8

dens/odontoid process

Answer 8

the highly modified superior process on the axis where your head swivels for the “no”

Question 9

transverse process

Question 10

transverse foramen