L-Spine

Question 1

Wide, kidney shaped upper and lower surface with the anterior part slightly deeper than the posterior forming lordosis

Answer 1

Body of typical lumbar vertebrae

Question 2

Which lumbar vertebrae are considered typical?

Answer 2

1-4

Question 3

Short and thick, creating a smaller vertebral foramen that is triangular

Answer 3

Pedicles

Question 4

Long and thin, project laterally, slightly up and back

Answer 4

Transverse processes

Question 5

Thick, broad and horizontal

Answer 5

Spinous processes

Question 6

Large, superior facets face back and in, inferior face forward and out 45 degrees

Answer 6

Articulate processes

Question 7

-Forms the lumbosacral angle with the sacrum
-body is much deeper anteriorly than posteriorly
-transverse processes are short and incline upwards

Answer 7

5th lumbar vertebrae