Lecture 2: Back Osteology Flashcards

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Long bones

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Humerus/femur

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Short Bones

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Tarsals/ carpals, cuboidal in shape

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3
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Flat bones

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Squamous skull, designed to protect the brain

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4
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Irregular bones

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Facial bones, not long short or flat

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5
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Sesamoid bones

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Patella, embedded in tendon

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Sutural/ Workman bones

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Amid skull sutures in neurocranium

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7
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Epiphysis

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Portion of a bone furthest from the center

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Epiphyseal plate

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Cartilaginous region between epiphysis and metaphysics, Secondary ossification center

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Metaphysis

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Flared region between diaphysis and epiphyseal plate

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10
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Diaphysis

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Central portion of bone, primary ossification center

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Epiphyseal line

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Region between metaphysis and epiphysis after cessation of ossification

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12
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Compact bone

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Outmost solid layer

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13
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Cancellous/ spongy bone

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Innermost sinusoidal layer

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14
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Medullary/marrow cavity

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Replaces some of cancellous bone layer in adults

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15
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Mastoid foramen

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Transmits mastoid emissary vein and meningeal branch of occipital artery

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16
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Styloid process

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Origin of styloid muscles and ligament

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17
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Mandibular fossa

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Articulates with the condylar process of the mandible at the temporomandiublar joint

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18
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Pharyngeal tubercle

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Central, anterior to foramen magnum, protrudes inferiorly

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19
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What is insertion point for superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle

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Pharyngeal tubercle

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20
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What articulates with superior articulating process of atlas

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Occipital condyle

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21
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Tubercle of transverse ligament

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Origin and contralateral insertion of transverse band of cruciform Ligament

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22
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What transmits vertebral artery

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Transverse foramen

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23
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Jefferson or burst fracture

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Blow to the top of the head fracturing both arches of atlas

  • Fracture alone will not typically injure spinal cord
  • if transverse L is ruptured odontoid process may injure spinal cord
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24
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Hangman’s fracture

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  • occurs usually as a result of hyperextension of head on the neck
  • occurs in axis (odontoid process and vertebral arch)
  • fracture of odontoid process may occur after horizontal blow to head
  • if odontoid breaks at base usually not heal (transverse L holds away from blood supply)
  • odontoid process break at inferior base= more like to heal
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25
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What is treatment for hangman’s fracture

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Cervical traction to improve the displacement and immobilization in halo vest

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26
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What transmits spinal cord

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Vertebral foramen

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27
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Spina bifida occulta

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Developmental abnormality in which vertebral lamina fail to fuse ad close off the vertebral canal
-often tuft of hair exists over defect

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28
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Where does Spina bifida occulta occur

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At L5 and S1

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29
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Spina bifida cystica

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Incorporates neural tissue and meninges

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30
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Transverse foramen of what transmits the vertebral A

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C1-C6

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31
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What is anterior tubercle attachment point for? (C3-6)

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  • levator scapulae muscles

- scalene muscles

32
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What is anterior tubercle on C6 called

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Carotid tubercle

33
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Costotransverse bar (cervical vertebrae 3-6)

A

Lateral boundary of the transverse foramen
Links costal and transverse elements of the transverse process
Possesses a depressed area that accommodates the anterior rami of spinal nerves

34
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Superior articulating process (cervical vertebrae (3-6))

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Articulates with inferior articulating process of the vertebral segment above

35
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Inferior articulating process (c3-c6)

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Articulates with superior articulating process of vertebral segment below

36
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What is the vertebra prominens

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C7- long and well pronounced spinous process

37
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Why does it require more force to dislocate cervical vertebrae?

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Because articulating facets are more horizontal than other vertebrae
-due to large vertebral foramen does not usually result in injury to spinal cord

38
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Superior costal facet

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Meets with costal head of the same numeric segment

39
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Inferior costal facet

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Meets with costal head one numeric segment up

40
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Transverse costal facet

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Meets with costal tubercle of the same numeric segment

41
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Superior articular process

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Articulates with inferior articular process of vertebral segment above

42
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Inferior articular process (thoracic vertebrae)

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Articulates with superior articular process of vertebral segment below

43
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Head of rib

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Articulates with thoracic vertebrae

44
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Superior articular facet of rib

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Articulates with superior costal demifacet on thoracic vertebral body of the same numeric segment

45
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Crest of head

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Separates two articular facets

46
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What is an attachment point for the lateral costotransverse L

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Tubercle of rib

47
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Articular facet (rib)

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Articulates with transverse costal facets on thoracic vertebrae

48
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Costal groove

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houses intercostal nerve and vessels

49
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Costal angle

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Anterolateral turning point of rib

50
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Spondylosis

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Degenerative joint disease which involves calcification of edges of vertebral body
-can cause localized pain and stiffness

51
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Spondylolysis

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Separation of vertebra arch from vertebral body

52
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Spondylolisthesis

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Anterior displacement of vertebral body on inferior vertebral segment
-can occur secondary to spondylolysis

53
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Vertebral foramen (lumbar)

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Transmits spinal cord, conus medullaris and cauda equina

-large and triangular

54
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Vertebral body (lumbar)

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Very large and kidney shaped

55
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Spinous process (lumbar)

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Short, sturdy, hatchet shaped

56
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Accessory process (lumbar)

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Attachment for intertransversarii muscles

57
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What is unique to lumbar vertebrae

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Mammillary process

58
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Mammillary process attachments (lumbar)

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Multifidi muscles and intertransversarii muscles

59
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Lumbar spinal stenosis

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Narrowing of lumbar vertebral foramen
-may cause compression of one or more spinal nerve roots

-+ intervertebral disc bulging= arthritic proliferation and ligamentous degradation of vertebral canal is more compromised

60
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where is needle inserted in lumbar puncture?

A

between L3/L4 and L4/L5** at level of iliac crest

  • chosen to avoid needle injuring spinal cord
  • ligamentum flavum “pops” and passes into lumbar cistern deep to the spinal dura and arachnoid mater.
  • CSF can then be drawn
61
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sacrilization of the L5 Vertebra (hemisacrilization)

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is the partial or complete incorporation of L5 vertebral segment into the sacrum

62
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lumbarization of S1 vertebra

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seperation of S1 vertebra from sacrum

63
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median sacral crest is fuse____

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spinous processes

64
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medial (intermediate) sacral crest is fused___

A

articulating processes

65
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lateral sacral crest is fused_____

A

transverse processes

66
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what do posterior (dorsal) sacral foramina transmit

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posterior ramus of sacral spinal nerves

67
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what is the sacral hiatus

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gap left by absence of lamina and spinous process of S5

68
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what do anterior (ventral/pelvic) sacral foramina transmit

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anterior ramus of sacral spinal nerves

69
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what does sacral canal transmit?

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cauda equina

70
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what does coccygeal cornua articulate with

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sacral cornua/horn

71
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what can cause bruising dislocation or fracture of coccyx?

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abrupt falls on lower back, difficult child birth

-coccygodynia can follow coccygeal trauma, and is painful and difficult to treat

72
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what are primary curvatures of spinal column?

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thoracic and sacral kyphoses

73
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what are secondary curvatures of spinal column?

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cervical and lumbar lordosis

74
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kyphosis

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exaggerated curving of thoracic vertebral column “humpback”

75
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lordosis

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exaggerated curving of lumbar vertebral column “sway back”