Spinal Column

Question 1

how many true vertebrae are there?

Answer 1

24

33 if separate 5 sacrum and 4 coccyx

Question 2

curvature of the spine

Answer 2

scoliosis

Question 3

greater curvature to the left

to the right

Answer 3

levoscoliosis

dextroscoliosis

Question 4

rotated vertebral bodies

Answer 4

rotoscoliosis

Question 5

what 2 parts is the intervertebral disc composed of?

Answer 5

Annulus fibrosus & nucleus pulposus

Question 6

outer fibrocartilaginous disk, thicker anterior thinner posterior

Answer 6

annulus fibrosus

Question 7

component of intervertebral disk with central soft mass

Answer 7

nucleus pulposus

Question 8

“slipped disk”

Answer 8

herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP)

Question 9

what are the 2 main parts of a typical vertebra

Answer 9

body & vertebral arch

Question 10

what are the parts of the vertebral arch?

Answer 10

2 laminae and 2 pedicles

Question 11

what makes up the vertebral foramina?

Answer 11

vertebral arch & body

Question 12

pathology when laminae don’t connect

Answer 12

spina bifida

Question 13

hemiation of spinal cord & meninges through the posterior vertebral column

Answer 13

myelomenigocele

Question 14

what do the 4 articular processes arise from?

Answer 14

junction of the pedicles and laminae

Question 15

what forms the zygapophyseal joints?

Answer 15

superior & inferior articulations