Lecture 2 Flashcards
Axial skeleton properties
Older, before extremities
Skull, vertebral column, sternum, ribs
Two parts of skeleton
Axial and appendicular
Properties of appendicular skeleton
Recent
Upper and lower pectoral girdle
Lower limb and pelvic girdle
Number and types of vertebrae
Cervical 7 Thoracic 12 Lumbar 5 Sacral 5 Coccygeal 4 Total 33
3 types of curvatures
Scoliosis (to the side)
Kyphosis (hunched)
Lordosis (arched)
Development of curves
Fetus (1) thoracic
Infant (2) cervical
Adult (4) lumbar and sacral
Distinguishing feature of cervical
Foremen in transverse processes
What is in the foramen in the transverse processes
Vertebral artery and veins
Cervical vertebrae names
C1 atlas
C2 axis
C7 vertebrae prominens
C3-6 non distinctive
Which vertebrae attach to ribs in mammals
Thoracic
Cervical do in other animals – sometimes c7 attached to a cervical rib
What does c1 articulate with
Occipital bone
What are c1 and 2 connected by and where is it
Dens on c2
Largest cervical vertebra
C7
Distinguishing of thoracic
Articulate with ribs
Distinguishing feature thoracic
Facets to articulate with ribs
Where are most disk related injuries
L4 and l5
Sacral features
Fused (sometimes l5 fuses with s1 causing it to be disconnected from s2-5)
Number of coccyx
Normally 4 but sometimes 3 or 5
Not really fused, vestigial part of tailbone