Class 1: Intro Flashcards
Why know spinal orthopaedics?
- to understand complaint
- to assess and treat appropriately
- to recommend appropriate rehabilitation and homecare
- to communicate with other health care professionals
HOPMNRS
History Observation Palpation Movement Neurological Special Tests (or Selective Tissue Tension Tests)
Axial skeleton
skull, vertebrae, ribs, sacrum
Appendicular skeleton
bones of upper and lower limbs, including clavicles, scapulae, and innominiates
Innominates
The three sub-bones that make up half of the pelvis: ilium, ischium and pubis. AKA the Coxa. Does not include sacrum
How many presacral vertebrae?
24: 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar
How many spinal segments?
33: 24 presacral, 5 sacral, 4 coccygeal
Primary curves
= Kyphotic curves
Thoracic and sacral
Secondary curves
= lordotic curves
Cervical and lumbar
What causes lordotic curves?
Wedge shaped discs (especially cervical).
*Lower lumbar vertebral bodies are also wedge shaped
What causes kyphotic curves?
Wedge shaped vertebral bodies. (shorter on anterior side)
Normal spinal curves offer:
Flexibility
Shock absorption
Stiffness and stability
Level of sacral promontory
S1 (articulates with L5)
Level of iliac crest
L4
Level of PSIS
S2
Vertebrae have how many joints?
Three
2 x facet
1 x intervertebral
Position of superior articular facet?
C-spine: BUM (backwards, upwards, medial)
T-spine: BUL (backwards, upwards, lateral)
L-spine: BM (backwards, medial)
Inguinal ligament runs from
ASIS to pubic tubercle
Biomechanical functions of the spine
- housing and protection
- support
- mobility
- control