Quiz 2 Flashcards
Body
Bigger part of the vertebrae
Pedicles
“Little Feet”
short boney pillars projecting posteriorly from the vertebral body
Lamina
Flattened plates that fuse in the median plane, complete the arch posteriorly
Vertebral Foramen
Hole in center of vertebrae
Transverse Process
Process on the sides of a vertebrae
Spinous Process
Process that sticks out the back of a vertebrae
Superior Articular Process and Facet
Projection on the top side next to the body
Inferior Articular Process and Facet
Projection on the under side next to body
Intervertebral Foramen
Foramen in between vertebrae’s
Axis
C2
Has a body
has a dens (what fits into atlas)
Atlas
C1
No body
No spinous process
Dens
Projection in between the Superior articular fact/process
Typical Cervical Vertebrae
Body is oval, short spinous process, Large triangular foramen, has transverse foramen
Transverse Foramen
Foramen in the transverse process
Cervical Vetrtebrae all have one
Bifid Spinous Process
split spinous process
Features of Typical Thoracic Vertebrae
Body: Large and heart shaped
Spinous Process: Long sharp and projects inferiorly
Foramen: Circular
Costal Features
rib cage
Features of Typical Lumbar Vertebrae
Body: Massive, thick
Spinous Process: Short, blunt, rectangular
Foramen: Triangular (smaller then Cspine)
Scarum
Between the Lumbar spine and coccyx
Coccyx
Little tail like bone
Small triangular
Sacral Canal
Canal down the midline of the posterior sacrum
Ala
Flat ridge on anterior side think crest of sacrum
Sacral Foramen
Hole on anterior side of sacrum
Sacral Bodies
five fused bones
Costal Facets
smooth area on vertebrae that connects with the ribs
