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Anatomy > Lab 1: The Back- Superficial > Flashcards

Lab 1: The Back- Superficial Flashcards

Master the location, structure and function of the vertebrae and organs

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Anterior

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Front; Ventral

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Posterior

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Back; Dorsal

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Superior

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Above; Up

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Inferior

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Below; Down

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Proximal

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Towards; Close to

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Distal

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Far from; Further

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Anatomical planes and divisions

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Sagittal: Divides into left and right

Coronal: Divides into ventral and dorsal

Transverse: Divided into superior and inferior

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Spine

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Flexible shaft that supports trunk and its components while protecting the spinal cord

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Axial skeleton

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Skull

Vertebral column

Hyoid bone

sternum

Ribs

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Axillary skeleton

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Upper limbs and girdle

Lower limbs and girdle

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Vertebral Column and vertebrae numbers:

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B

C

D

E

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A: Cervical vertebrae (C1 to C7)

B: Thoracic vertebrae: (T1-T12)

C: Lumbar vertebrae: (L1 - L5)

D: Sacral vertebrae: (S1-s4)

e: coccyx (fused)

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Kyphosis

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Curvature towards back; Thoracic and Sacral

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Lordosis

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Curvature towards front: Cervical and Lumbar

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Primary curves

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Thoracic and sacral kyphosis

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Secondary curves

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Cervical and lumbar lordosis

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Intervertebral disk components and functions

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Nucleus palposus: jelly in the middle that provides cushion for vertebral bodies

Anulus fibrosus: Fibrous connective tissue that keeps nucleus palposus in place

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Lumbar vertebra:

Label A-I

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Lumbar vertebrae: Posterior view

Label 1-9

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Lumbar vert Lateral View:

Label 1-10

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Cervical vertebrae A-F

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Atlas

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C1

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Process unique to cervical vertebrae

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Uncinate process

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Axis

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C2

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Process unique to axis

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Dens

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Unique characteristics and function of C1/atlas

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No spinous process

No body

Supports head

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Unique characteristics and function of C2/axis

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Dens

No intervertebral disk between C1 and C2

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Atlas motions: atlanto-occipital

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C1 + head: nod yes

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Axis motions: atlanto-axial

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C1+C2: nod “no”

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Vertebra prominens

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C7 (usually)

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Cervical vertebrae: Right Lateral view

Label 1-4

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Thoracic vertebrae unique characteristics

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Heart-shaped body

Costal facets/demifacets

Long narrow overlapping spinous process

Facets in coronal plane; favors bending

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Cervical vertebrae unique characteristics

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Foramen tranversarium; for vertebral artery

Bifid spinous process

Has uncinate process (“elevated sides” of vertebral bodies)

Facets in transverse plane; favors left and right rotation

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The vertebral artery mostly passes through which vertebrae?

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Cervical vertebrae

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Lumbar vertebrae unique characteristiccs

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Lumbar:

Blunt spinous process

Mammillary process

Facets in sagital plane; favors flexion and extension

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