L11: Spine Flashcards
What are the physiological abnormal curvatures that can occur on the spine
Kyphosis
Scoliosis
What are the movements of the spine
Lateral flexion (side to side)
Extension
Flexion
Rotation
In general what are the vertebrae features
Spinous produces
Transverse process
Vertebral body
Lamina (between spinous and transverse process)
What are the major features of the cervical vertebrae
Tip of spinous process is split into half
Foramen transversarium
What are the major features of the thoracic vertebra
Heart shaped body
Slanted spinous process
Attachment of ribs
What are the major features of the lumbar vertebra
Square shaped spinous process from a lateral view
Long transverse process
At what part of the spine do nerves exit
Intervertebral foramen
How doe intervertebral foramen form
Joining of vertebra
What type of joint do vertebra form
Synovial joints
What is a intervertebral disc made of
Annulus fibrosus
Nucleus pulposus
At the bottom and top of the IV disc what type of cartilage is found
Hyaline cartilage
What is the C1 vertebra called
Atlas
What is the C2 vertebra called
Axis
What are the major features of an atlas (C1)
No body
Transverse process
Foramen transversarium
No spinous process instead there is a posterior tubercle
What are the major features of an axis (C2)
Dens which fits into the atlas (C1)