Most Missed Q's from Exam Two

Question 1

What arterial vasa corona branches supply gray matter and most of the spinal cord?

Answer 1

ventral/central/sulcal perforating arteries

Question 2

Which vessels will drain the ventral/anterior nerve roots?

Answer 2

anterior radicular veins

Question 3

What vessel will drain the dorsal/posterior nerve root ganglion?

Answer 3

posterior radicular veins

Question 4

At which vertebral couple will the cervical curve again increase intervertebral disc height?

Answer 4

C5/C6

Question 5

The greatest frequency of osteophytes associated with the vertebral body occurs at which typical cervical vertebral couple?

Answer 5

C5/C6

Question 6

What is the orientation and angulation of a typical cervical transverse process?

Answer 6

• 60 degrees anterolaterally (from midsagittal plane)

- 15 degrees inferiorly (from the horizontal plane)

Question 7

What will occupy the typical cervical vertebra transverse foramen?

Answer 7

• the vertebral artery
• vertebral venous plexus
• postganglionic sympathetic motor nerve fibers

Question 8

The greatest range of flexion-extension among the typical cervical vertebrae occurs at which vertebral couple?

Answer 8

typically C5/C6

Question 9

What motions are coupled in the cervical spine?

Answer 9

lateral bending and axial rotation

Question 10

What will form the unique anterior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen?

Answer 10

-uncinate process of the segment below
-lateral groove of the segment above
(forms the joint of Luschka)

Question 11

What is the name given to the odontoid process when the facet for the fovea dentis lies above the groove for the transverse atlantal ligament and the attachment sites for the apical-dental and alar ligaments appear to be directed posterior?

Answer 11

lordotic dens

Question 12

What is the name given to the odontoid process when the facet for the fovea dentis lies below the groove for the transverse atlantal ligament and the attachment sites for the apical-dental and alar ligaments appear to be directed anterior?

Answer 12

kyphotic dens

Question 13

What muscle attaches to the lamina of C2?

Answer 13

obliquus capitis inferior

Question 14

What muscle attaches to the articular processes of C2?

Answer 14

longissimus cervicis

Question 15

What ligaments form the costotransverse joint of the twelfth rib?

Answer 15

• superior costotransverse ligament from T11

- lumbocostal ligament from L1

Question 16

What is the proposed function of the cervical-upper thoracic Hofmann ligaments?

Answer 16

• resist caudal movement of the dural sac

- resist gravitational forces on the dura and cord

Question 17

What is the proposed function of the lumbar Hofmann ligaments?

Answer 17

resist cranial movement of the dural sac during flexion