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Divides body into front and back
Coronal plane
What are the other names for coronal plane
Frontal plane, AP (anterioposterior), frontal view
Divides body into right and left
Sagittal plane
What’s another name for sagittal view
Lateral view
Divides the body into top and bottom
Transverse plane
What’s another name for transverse plane
Axial view
What plane are the facets oriented in in the cervical spine
Axial
At what angle are the facets in the cervical spine titled
45 degrees
What plane are the facets oriented in in the thoracic spine
Frontal plane
What angle are the facets in the thoracic spine angled at
60 degrees
What plane are the facets oriented in in the lumbar spine
Sagittal
At what angle are the facets oriented in the lumbar spine
45 degrees
The orientation of the cervical facets allows for 3 things
Rotation
Lateral Bending
Flexion/Extension
The orientation of the facets in the thoracic Spine does what
Resists rotation and make the Spine rigid
The orientation of the facets in the lumbar spine resist what and allow for what 2 things
Resists rotation, allows lateral bending, flexion/extension
What two things do ligaments do
Connect bone to bone and prevent extremes of motion that could damage spinal cord
Three continuous ligaments
Supraspinous, ALL, PLL
Two segmental ligaments
Interspinous
Ligamentum flavum
What carries blood from heart and distributes to the body
Aorta
What exits the aorta at every spinal level
Segmental artery
What supplies vertebral body and spinal cord with blood
Segmental artery off aorta
What two blood vessels are found near cervical spine
Carotid artery and jugular vein
In the cervical spine, what branch off the aorta and travel through transverse foramen in cervical spine
Subclavian arteries
What arteries supply blood to base of brain
Subclavian arteries
Four things a surgeon can do to create a healing environment
Bony apposition (tight fit on bone graft)
Maximize surface area
Bloody pathway
Stable fixation
