CHPT 7: vertebral column and rib cage Flashcards
total number of bones in the vertebral column
26 bones
function of vertebral column
- attachment site for muscles
- transport weight of axial skeleton to appendicular skeleton of lower limbs
- vertical support
- help maintain the body weight
- houses and protects spc and nerves and connect spc
which two bones fuse (not with each other) to form 1 bone
- sacral to sacrum
- coccygeal to coccyx
structures within the thoracic vertebrae
- spinous process
- transverse process
- lamina
- pedicle
- vertebral body
- facet for head of rib
- vertebral foramen
- facet for superior articular process
which structure connects the lamina to the vertebral body
pedicle
which part of the thoracic vertebra is the weight baring structure
vertebral body
facet for head of rib is an attachment for
the below vertebra
vertebral foramen function
- has the spc, bv, and nerves pass through.
which structure becomes the vertebral canal
vertebral foramen
which structure of the thoracic vertebra allows attachment for the above vertebral
facet of superior articular process
function of the spinous and transverse processes
attachment site of ligaments and muscles
does the thoracic vertebra have a transverse foramen
no
function of the lamina
- separate pedicle and the vertebral arch
- separate transverse and spinous process
invertebrate formamen
-individual spinal nerves exit and innervate muscles
what are intervertebral discs made of
cartilage
name of C1 vertebrae
atlas
which vertebrae has no spinous process and body
atlas aka c1
what does the transverse process have in the atlas/ c1
transverse formamen
which cerebral vertebrae has a wider vertebral foramen
c1/ atlas
what cerebral vertebrae has a fork/ blind spinous process
c3 to c7
c3-c7 are
very similar
which vertebrae region has a bigger transverse Forman then thoracic
c1/atlas `
what structure on the c1/ atlas articulate with occipital condyle and firm the atlanto- occipital joint
superior articular facet
where does the skull rest on atlas/ c1?
lateral mass
axis aka
c2, cerebral vertebrae
where is the vertebrae Foramen rounded
axis
location of dens
on c2/ axis
what fits into the anterior arc of the atlas/ c1
dens
function dens
joins c1/ atlas and c2/axis
what causes whiplash?
dens going into the medulla
what surface of the c2/ axis articulates with the c1/ atlas superiorly?
superior articular facet