lecture flashcards part 4

Question 1

alantooccipital joint

Answer 1

yes joint, between the atlas and skull, flexion and extension movement

Question 2

transverse ligament of the atlas

Answer 2

holds dens against fovea dentis

Question 3

apical ligaments of the dens

Answer 3

holds dens to the floor of the vertebral column

Question 4

Wobbler’s syndrome

Answer 4

intervertebral disc or cervical bone malfomation/disease that causes spinal cord compression therefore leads to a wobbly gait

Question 5

intercapital ligaments

Answer 5

connect the heads of bilateral ribs 2-10, located between thoracic IVD and the dorsal ligament, adds support to dorsum IVD, less bulging discs seen

Question 6

cauda equine syndrome

Answer 6

abnormal narrowing that causes impingement on the cauda equina

Question 7

sacroiliac joint

Answer 7

composite joint (synovial and fibrocartilaginous)

Question 8

conus medullaries

Answer 8

terminal tapering of the spinal cord

Question 9

lateral vertebral foramina

Answer 9

first pair of spinal nerves

Question 10

intervertebral formaina

Answer 10

cervical spinal nerves 2-7 emerging cranial to correspondent vertebrae

Question 11

cranial nerve 8

Answer 11

emerges caudal to C7 and cranial to T1 through intervertebral foramina

Question 12

thoracic and lumbar spinal nerves

Answer 12

intervertebral foramina caudal to their corresponding vertebrae

Question 13

sacral formina

Answer 13

first 2 sacral nerves emerge through

Question 14

last sacral nerve

Answer 14

emerges intervertebral foramina between sacrum and first caudal vertebrae

Question 15

epaxial muscles

Answer 15

lie dorsal to the transverse processes of vertebrae, extend vertebral column

Question 16

hypaxial muscles

Answer 16

lie ventral to vertebral bodies and transverse process, main flexors of vertebral column

Question 17

medial group epaxial muscles

Answer 17

transversospinalis system

Question 18

intermediate group epaxial muscles

Answer 18

longissimus system

Question 19

lateral group epaxial muscles

Answer 19

iliocostalis system

Question 20

location of iliocostalis system

Answer 20

located in lumbar and thoracic region

Question 21

location of longissimus system

Answer 21

located in lumbar and thoracic and cervical regions

Question 22

transcersospinalis system parts

Answer 22

splenius and semispinalis capitis

Question 23

semispinalis capitis parts

Answer 23

biventer cervicic and complexus

Question 24

cervical hypaxial muscles

Answer 24

longus colli and longus capitis

Question 25

location of longus colli

Answer 25

located in the ventral surfaces of cervical and thoracic vertebral bodies

Question 26

longus capitis

Answer 26

located ventral to and has attachments to the cervical vertebrae, lies lateral to cervical part of longus coli

Question 27

contents of cervical visceral space

Answer 27

trachea, esophagus, carotid sheath

Question 28

carotid sheath

Answer 28

common carotid arteries, vagosympathetic nerve trunks, internal jugular veins