Module 3 - Axial Skeleton - Vertebral Column - Abs - Respiratory Flashcards
What makes up the skeletal system: (2)
Axial Skeleton (Central)
Appendicular Skeleton (the Rest)
Axial skeleton
Structures: (5)
Skull
Vertebral column
Rib cage (ribs, costal cartilage, sternum)
Vertebral Column:
Functions (7)
Support head, arms & trunk
Weight bearing
Posture
Scaffolding for breathing mechanisms
Attachment site of ribs & muscles
Protection (of spinal cord & blood supply)
Movement
Vertebral Column: Functions
Movements -
Sagittal Plane
(2)
Flexion: Bend forward
Extension: bend backwards
Vertebral Column: Functions
Movements -
Coronal Plane
(1)
Lateral Flexion: Side bending
Don’t use words (adduction & abduction)
Vertebral Column: Functions
Movements:
Transverse Plane
(1)
Rotation (of head, or waist area)
There is no medial or lateral rotation (only in legs and arms, not the vertebral column)
Vertebral Column:
Segments / Regions (5)
33 segments
C7: 7 Cervical Vertebrae
T12: 12 Thoracic Vertebrae
L5: 5 Lumbar Vertebrae
S5: 5 Sacral Vertebrae
:1 (4 parts) Coccyx Vertebrae
Vertebral Column:
Primary Curvatures
Convex/concave Posteriorly
Convex posteriorly
Vertebral Column:
Primary Curvatures
Vertebrae segments? (2)
Thoracic (T12)
Sacral (S5)
Vertebral Column:
Primary Curvatures
Develop when?
Utero
Vertebral Column:
Secondary Curvatures
Develop when?
after birth
Vertebral Column:
Secondary Curvatures
Convex / concave posteriorly
Concave posteriorly
Vertebral Column:
Secondary Curvatures
Vertebrae Segments?
Cervical (C7)
Lumbar (L5)
Vertebral Column:
Primary + Secondary Curvatures
Functions (2)
Absorb weight bearing forces during locomotion (walking)
Help balance weight over lower limbs
Vertebral Column:
Vertebral bones structure / Function
(6)
Spinous & transverse process
attachment for muscles & ligaments
Pedicle:
Forms the vertebral arch protects the spinal cord
Body
Weight bearing
Lamina
Forms the vertebral arch with the pedicle, protects spinal cord
Transverse Process
Attachment for muscles & ligaments
Vertebral arch forms Vertebral foramen
Protect spinal cord
Articulator Process
For joints
Distinctive features of Vertebraes
Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Saccral
Coccyx
Cervical Vertebrae
Bifid SP
Small body
Thoracic Vertebrae
Long inferiorly directed SP
Hear shaped body
Facets for rib articulation
Lumbar Vertebrae
Large body
Thick wide SP
Saccral Vertebrae
Fused
thick
Coccyx Vertebrae
fused
Vertebral Column:
Vertebral Canal
Multiple Vertebrae (vertebral foramen) joined together and makes a long tube or canal
Vertebral Column:
Intervertebral Foramen
Sagittal plane:
Smaller spaces that allow spinal nerves to pass from the spinal cord to the body
Formed by superior & inferior vertebral notches
Vertebral Column:
Anterior Intervertebral Joints / Discs
- what are they?
- what percentage of vertebral column do they make up?
Joints between vertebrae bodies
Makes up 25% of vertebral column length
Vertebral Column:
Intervertebral Discs
Thicker regions in which segments of the vertebral column?
Lumbar
Cervical regions
Allows for increase range of motion & extension of the vertebral column
Vertebral Column:
Intervertebral Discs/ Joints
Structure: (2)
Cartilaginous / synovial / fibrous
Annulus Fibrosus
Outer layer of the intervertebral Joint
Nucleus Pulposus
Inner area of the intervertebral Joint
Gelatinous and compressible
Cartilaginous
Vertebral Column:
Intervertebral Discs/ Joints
Nucleus pulposus
Function / Dysfunction
Function:
gives shock absorbing properties
Allows movement: flexion, extension, lateral flexion, twisting
Dysfunction:
May herniate (slipped disc)
May place pressure on spinal cord or nerve
Vertebral Column:
Abdominal Wall Musculature:
4 muscles
(Superficial -> Deep)
External Oblique
Rectus Abdominis
Internal Oblique
Transversus Abdominis