Exam 2- Cervical Region Flashcards
What muscles will attach to the anterior tubercle of a typical cervical vertebra
Anterior scalene, longus capitis, longus Colli, anterior transversarii
What muscles may attach to the posterior tubercle of a typical cervical vertebra
Splenius cervicis, iliocostalis cervicis, longissimus cervicis, lavator scapula, middle scalene, posterior scalene, rotators and posterior intertransversarri
What muscles will attach to the costotransverse bar
Middle scalene and posterior intertransversarri
What is the name given to the collective rib-forming region
The pleurapophysis
What produces the primary tension on the transverse process what will cause remodeling in the anterolateral and inferior directions
Cervical spinal nerves as they are directed anterolaterally and inferiorly to form the cervical and biracial plexuses
What is the name given to the superior margin of the costotransverse bar
Sulcus for the central primary ramus of a cervical spinal nerve
What is the orientation and angulation of a typical cervical transverse process
60 degrees anterolaterally, 15 degrees inferiorly
What is the name given to the modification of the anterior scalene tubercle of the C6 transverse process
The carotid tubercle
What will cause remodeling of the anterior tubercle at C6
The common carotid artery
What will occupy the typical cervical vertebra transverse foramen
The vertebral artery, vertebral venous plexus and postganglionic sympathetic motor nerve fibers
What part of the peripheral nerve system is observed in the transverse foramen of typical cervical vertebra
Postganglionic sympathetic motor nerve fibers of the autonomic nerve system
What is the name of the surface feature observed between the ends of the articular pillar
The groove/sulcus for the dorsal ramus of a cervical spinal nerve
What is the classic angulation for typical cervical articular facets
40-45 degrees from the coronal plane
Recent work studies suggest what angulation for typical cervical articular facets
55-60 degrees
What is the orientation of the typical cervical superior articular facet
BUM
What is the orientation of the typical cervical inferior articular facet
FoLD
What muscles will attach to typical cervical articular processes
The longissimus capitis, longissimus cervicis, semispinalis capitis, semispinalis cervicis, multifidis and rotators
What muscles blend with the capsular ligament of cervical zygapophysis
The semispinalis capitis, multifidis and rotator longus
What will influence spinal kinematics
Geometry of articular facets, mechanical properties of connective tissue, mechanical properties of muscle
The greatest range of flexion-extension among the typical cervical vertebra occurs at which vertebral couple
C5/C6
What motions are coupled in the cervical spine
Lateral bending and axial rotation
Ranges of coupled motion among the typical cervical vertebra will be similar for what cervical vertebral couples
C2/C3, C3/C4, C4/C5
Ranges of coupled motion among the typical cervical vertebrae will begin to decrease a what cervical vertebral couple
C5/C6
What is the usual condition for the Caucasian typical cervical spinous process
They are bifid
What is the usual condition for the African-American typical cervical spinous process
They are non-bifid
What muscles attach to the typical cervical spinous process
The spinal is cervicis, semispinalis cervicis, semispinalis thoracis, multifidis, rotators and interspinalis
What will form the anterior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen
The lateral groove and vertebral body of the segment above, the uncinate process and verterbal body of the segment below, the intervertebral disc and the PLL
What will form the posterior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen
The inferior articular process, the superior articular process, the capsular ligament and the ligamentum flavum
What forms the unique anterior boundary of the intervertebral foramen for the C4 spinal nerve
The lateral groove of C3 and uncinate process of C4 forming the joint of Luschka
List in order the osseous parts of the typical cervical vertebra transverse process beginning at the vertebral body
Costal element, anterior tubercle, costotransverse bar, posterior tubercle, true transverse process
