Joints of the Vertebral Column

Question 1

What is a joint?

Answer 1

-

Question 2

Synarthrosis

Answer 2

immovable joint
* sutures in the skull

Question 3

Amphiarthrosis

Answer 3

slightly moveable joint
* pubic symphysis

Question 4

Diarthrosis

Answer 4

freely moveable joint
* shoulder (all diarthrodial joints are synovial)

Question 5

simple joint, how many bones?

Answer 5

2

Question 6

compound joint, how many joints?

Answer 6

more than 2

Question 7

Joint Classification (3)

Answer 7

-fibrous
-cartilaginous
-synovial joint (most common)

Question 8

What is a joint articulation

Answer 8

sites where two or more bones
meet to give skeleton mobility

Question 9

What stabilizing a synovial joint?

Answer 9

ligaments, tendons (muscles)

Question 10

Tendons

Answer 10

connective tissue around muscles

Question 11

What stabilizes a joint more?

Answer 11

muscle

Question 12

Functional joint classification?

Answer 12

Synarthrosis
Amphiarthrosis
Diarthrosis

Question 13

Structural joint classification?

Answer 13

Fibrous
Cartilaginous
Synovial

Question 14

3 types of fibrous joints

Answer 14

– Sutures
– Syndesmoses
– Gomphoses

Question 15

2 types of Cartilaginous joints

Answer 15

– Synchondroses
– Symphyses

Question 16

Sutures

Question 17

Syndesmoses

Question 18

Gomphoses

Question 19

Synchondroses

Question 20

Symphyses

Question 21

What are synovial joints separated by?

Answer 21

fluid filled cavity
they are all diarthrodial

Question 22

Craniovertebral joints

Answer 22

(atlanto-occipital joint, atlanto-axial joint)

Question 23

The joints of the vertebral column include the:

Answer 23

Craniovertebral joints (atlanto-occipital joint, atlanto-axial joint)
-Joints the of the vertebral bodies
-Joints of the vertebral arches
-Sacroiliac Joints

Question 24

Occipital condyle

Answer 24

-unique bony structure connecting the cranium and the vertebral column
2 spoons that fit into each other

Question 25

Atlanto-Occipital Joint

Answer 25

SYNOVIAL, CONDYLOID
Simple joint (synovial)
2 PARTS
-Cranial Base
-Atlas

Question 26

SYNOVIAL, CONDYLOID

Question 27

Atlanto-Occipital Joint: Movements

Answer 27

Flexion and Extension
Lateral flexion
NO ROTATION

Question 28

Atlanto-Occipital Joint: Ligaments

Answer 28

-anterior alanto-occipital membrane
-posterior alanto-occipital (between atlas and occipital) membrane
-anterior longitudinal ligaments
-vertebral artery
-Ligamentum flavus

Question 29

What ligament limit head flexion and increases extension?

Answer 29

Postier atlanto=occipital membrane

Question 30

2 Atlanto-Occipital Joint: Ligaments related

Answer 30

-Anterior Longitudinal ligament
-ligamentum flavvum (posterior)

Question 31

Transverse ligament of the Axis

Answer 31

on C1
prevents the odontoid process from being displaced backwards

Question 32

Alar Ligaments

Answer 32

excessive axial rotation at the atlanto-occipital joint

Question 33

Atlanto-Axial Joints: Movements

Answer 33

Pivot and little rotation

Question 34

Atlanto-Axial Joints: Ligaments

Answer 34

Internal Craniocervical Ligaments

Question 35

What ligament looks like a cross in the spinal cord?

Answer 35

Superior longitudinal band (part of cruciate ligament)

Question 36

What are all the ligaments of the Atlanta-Axial Joints?
Internal Craniocervical Ligaments

Answer 36

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Question 37

What results from whiplash injury

Answer 37

-severe hyperextension of the neck
-anterior longitudinal ligament
-compression fracture
of the vertebral arch

Question 38

Atlanto-Axial Instability (AAI) is common in what patients?

Answer 38

patients
with
rheumatoid
arthritis and
Down
Syndrome