Most Important, Stuff I Don't Know Flashcards
Cervical zygopophyseal joint orientation and movements?
Thoracic zygopophyseal joint orientation and movements?
T12-L1 zygopophyseal joint orientation and movements?
Inferior lumbar zygopophyseal joint orientation and movements?
- Horizontal (Transverse)- allows for flex/ext, ab/adduction, rotation
- Coronal- allows for ab/adduction and rotation but limits flex/extension
- Saggital- allows for flex/ext but limits ab/adduction and blocks rotation
- Coronal- allows ab/adduction and rotation but limits flex/ext
Ribs - have 3 articulatons with the vertebrae while ribs ,-_ have only 2 articulations with the vertebrae.
Where are these articulations?
What do these articulations limit?
- 2-9
- 1,10-12
- Ribs 2-9 have articulations with the vertebrae above and below at the costovertebral joints while ribs 1,10,11, and 12 only join with a single vertebrae.
- All ribs articulate with the transverse process of the vertebrae.
-The articulations limit both flexion/extension and abduction/adduction.
Where is the anterior longitudinal ligament and what does it do?
Where is the posterior longitudinal ligament and what does it do?
Anterior:
- Runs from C1 and occipital bone to pelvic surface of sacrum, interconnecting the anterior/lateral surfaces of vertebrae
- Limits extension of vertebral column
Posterior:
- Runs from C2 to sacrum through the vertebral canal interconnection posterior bodies and IV disks
- Limits hyperflexion
Zygapophyseal joints are classified as what?
What ligaments stabilize the zygopophyseal joint and where are they located?
-planar type synovial (weak capsule)
Ligaments:
- Ligament flava- connects lamina
- Interspinous ligaments- connects spinous precesses
- Supraspinous ligaments- on top of spinous processes
- Nuchal ligaments- connects cervical spinous processeses to occipital
- Intertransverse ligaments- connect transverse processes
What are the ligaments of the atlanto-axial joint?
What is their main function?
Ligaments:
- transverse ligament of atlas- holds dens to anterior arch of C1
- longitudinal bands- connects transverse ligament to occipital bone and body of C2
- alar ligaments- connect dens to lateral foramen magnum
- tectoral membrane- continuation of posterior longitudinal ligament
-All act to hold dens in place
What are the ligaments of the sacroiliac joint?
Ligaments:
- Anterior SI ligament- capsule thickening
- Posterior SI ligament- limits depression of sacrum, elevation of ilium. Strong shock absorber
- Interosseous SI ligament- limits all movement, transfers weight from vertebral column to hip
- Sacrotuberous and Sacrospinous ligaments- limit posterior tilt of sacrum/coccyx
Cervical curve?
Thoracic curve?
Lumbar curve?
Sacral curve?
L
K
L
K
L=lordosis K=kyphosis
What are the main arteries of the cervical vertebrae?
What are the main arteries of the thoracic vertebrae?
What are the main arteries of the lumbar vertebrae?
What are the main arteries of the sacral vertebrae?
C= vertebral and ascending cervical (thyrocervical branch) T= posterior intercostal L= subcostal and lumbar S= iliolumbar and lateral/medial sacral
What are the veins?
- Anterior and posterior external vertebral plexus
- Anterior and posterior internal vertebral plexus
- Basivertebral vein
What are the nerves associated with the vertebral column?
- Recurrent meningeal n.- supplies dura mater, periosteum, ligaments, disks, and blood vessels of vertebrae
- articular branches from medial branches from posterior rami- supply zygopophyseal joints
What are the 8 bones of the cranial cavity?
- Frontal
- Ethmoid
- Sphenoid
- Occipital
- (2) Temporal
- (2) Parietal
What is the viscerocranium and what are the bones?
Viscerocranium= facial bones
(15) Bones
- Mandible
- Ethmoid
- Vomer
- (2) Maxilla
- (2) Inferior nasal conchae
- (2) Zygomatic
- (2) Palatine
- (2) Nasal
- (2) Lacrimal
What are the 7 bones that make up the eye socket?
- Frontal bone
- Zygomatic bone
- Maxillary bone
- Sphenoid bone
- Ethmoid bone
- Palatine bone
- Lacrimal bone
What goes through the foramen magnum?
- Spinal Cord
- Brain stem
- Vertebral Arteries
- CN11 (Accessory) (IN)
What goes through the jugular foramen?
- Internal Jugular Vein
- CN9 (glossopharyngeal), CN10 (Vagus), CN11 (Accessory)
What goes through the carotid canal?
- Internal Carotid artery
- Sympathetic plexus
What forms the piriform aperture?
- Nasal
- Maxilla
What makes up the nasal cavity walls?
Roof
-Ethmoid
Lateral Wall
- Ethmoid Superior and Middle Nasal Conchae
- Palatine perpendicular plate
- Inferior nasal conchae
- Maxilla
Floor
- Maxilla palatine process
- Palatine bones
Medial Wall = Nasal Septum
- Vomer
- Ethmoid perpendicular plate
- Septal cartilage
Bones of the anterior cranial fossa?
Bones of the middle cranial fossa?
Bones of the posterior cranial fossa?
Anterior:
- Frontal
- Ethmoid
- Sphenoid
Middle:
- Sphenoid
- Temporal
Posterior:
- Occipital
- Sphenoid
- Temporal
What bones have sinuses?
- Frontal sinus
- Ethmoidal air cells
- Maxillary sinus
- Sphenoid sinus
FEMS
sinuses for sound resonation
Coronal
-seperates ________ and _______
Sagittal
-seperates right and left __________
Lambdoid
-seperates _______ from _______
Occipitomastoid
-seperates ________ from ________
Squamos
-seperates ________ from _________
Lambda
-intersection of ________ and ________ sutures
Bregma
-intersection of ________ and _______ sutures
Pterion
-“H” shaped intersection of _______, _______, and _______ bone
Vertex
-most superior point of calvaria on ________ suture
Asterion
-junction of _______, __________, and _______
Coronal
-seperates frontal and parietal
Sagittal
-seperates right and left parietal
Lambdoid
-seperates occipital from parietal
Occipitomastoid
-seperates occipital from temporal
Squamos
-seperates temporal from parietal
Lambda
-intersection of lambdoid and sagittal sutures
Bregma
-intersection of sagittal and coronal sutures
Pterion
-“H” shaped intersection of coronal, squamos, and sphenoid bone
Vertex
-most superior point of calvaria on sagittal suture
Asterion
-junction of lambdoid, occipitomastoid, and squamos
What are the ligaments of the TMJ?
Lateral ligament of the TMJ
-prevents posterior dislocation
Stylomandibular ligament
-prevents downward dislocation
Sphenomandibular ligament
-prevents downward dislocation
What are the muscles of mastication?
Which is the only one that depresses to open the mouth?
- Masseter
- Medial pterygoid
- Lateral Pterygoid
- Temporalis
-Lateral pterygoid
What are the three layers of the deep cervical fascia?
Superficial, Middle, Deep
Investing Layer, Pretracheal Layer, Prevertebral Layer
What is the superior attachment of the investing layer?
What is the inferior attachment of the investing layer?
What are the walls of the investing layer?
- Superior- Skull, hyoid
- Inferior- pectoral girdle, rib cage
- Walls- deep fascia of traps, SCM, nuchal ligaments
What does the pretracheal layer enclose?
- Trachea
- Esophagus
- Thyroid Glands
- Infrahyoid Muscles
What does prevertebral layer include?
-forms a CT tube around cervical vertebrae column and muscles attached to cervical vertebral column:
- longus colli
- longus capitis
- scalenes
- posterior deep cervical muscles
- also has sympathetic chain ganglia
What is inside the carotid sheath?
Carotid arteries, jugular veins, vagus nerves, and lymphatics
Cranial Nerves and their functions?
1.) Spinal accessory (CN11)- to trapezius and SCM
2.) Hypoglossal nerve (CN12)- goes to tongue, runs with cervical plexus (ansa cervicalis)
3.)Glossopharyngeal (CN9)- to tongue and pharynx
4.)Vagus nerve (CN10)- to tongue, pharynx, thorax, and abdomen
-right recurrent laryngeal- loops around right
subclavian artery to trachea, esophagus, and muscles of larynx
-left recurrent laryngeal- loops around aortic arch to trachea, esophagus, and muscles of larynx
-cardiac branches- to cardiac plexus of heart
-pharyngeal branches- pharynx
Parts of the cervical plexus?
- Ansa cervicalis (C1-C3)- goes to omohyoid, sternothyroid, and sternohyoid
- Phrenic nerves (C3-C5)- 3,4,5 keep the diaphragm alive
- Sensory nerves
- lesser occipital n. (C2)- cutaneous to posterolateral scalp
- great auricular n.(C2,3)- cutaneous to lateral scalp (ear) and superior neck
- transverse cervical n. (C2,3)- cutaneous to anterolateral jaw and neck
- supraclavicular n. (C3,4)- cutaneous to base of neck and shoulder
How many ganglia is the sympathetic trunk composed of?
Go in depth on all
3 ganglia
- )Superior ganglion
- superior cervical cardiac n. to cardiac plexus
- arterial branches
- internal carotid (symp) plexus- symp innervation to brain - )Middle ganglion
- middle cervical cardiac n. to cardiac plexus - )Inferior ganglion
- inferior cervical cardiac n. to cardiac plexus
Arteries of the larynx?
Veins?
- superior branches from the external carotid a.
- inferior branches from the subclavian a.
-veins travel with and are names for artery