Spine Flashcards
Spine function
- support head and trunk
- ligament, muscle and bone attachment
- protect spinal cord and internal organs
- allow trunk mobility
- shock absorption
- link between UE and LE
What makes up the upper cervical spine
Occipital-atlanto (O-C1) and Atlanta-axial (C1-C2)
What makes lower cervical spine
C2-C7 (inferior articular facets of the C2)
Occipital-Atlantal joint
AO joint
-occipital condyles (convex) with concave lateral masses of atlas
-synovial joint (no disc)
Occipital-Atlantal Joint ROM (osteokinematics)
flexion: 5º
extension: 10º
Lateral bending: 5º
rotation 0º
Occipital-Atlantal Joint arthrokinematcis
Convex on concave
-roll and glide: opposite direction
-flexion: anterior roll and posterior glide
-extension: posterior roll and anterior glide
-lateral Bending: ipsilateral roll and Contralateral glide
Atlanta-axial joint
- articular processes
- ligament
-articular processes are in the transverse plane
-alar ligament prevent excessive rotation
Atlanta-axial joint ROM
- Flexion: 5º
- Extension: 10º
- lateral bending 0º
- rotation 40-45º
Lower Cervical vertebrae description
- smaller/narrow vertebral bodies (does not hold a lot of weight)
- narrow disc
-C2-C7
Lower cervical vertebrae facet orientation
45º to the transverse plane with the posterior portion being more inferior
Lower cervical Osteokinematics + ROM
Flexion: 35º (7 per segment)
Extension: 70º (12-14 per segment)
Lateral bending 35º (7º per segment)
Rotation: 45º (9 per segment)
Arthrokinematics in cervical flexion and extension
Flexion:
- anterior tilt
- facet glides superiorly
- anterior shear
Extension:
- posterior tilt
- facet glides inferiorly
- posterior shear
Arthrokinematics in cervical lateral flexion
-IL tilt
-IL downward glide
-CL upward glide
-some rotation
Arthrokinematics in cervical rotation
-cannot purely get translation
-when you rotate you get some side bending
- posterior slide on IL side
- anterior slide on CL side
- rotation indirection of the rotation
Cervical spine coupled motion
-lateral bending and rotation to the same side
Thoracic spine function
- rib articulations and rib cage to protect organs and assist with respiration
Body of the thoracic vertebrae+ SP, Facets
-bigger body
-SP is angled down (SP of T7 is in line with body of T8 and so on)
- demi facets (1/2 is on vertebrae above and one on the vertebrae below) that articulate with head of the ribs
Segmental differences of rib motions
-upper thoracic ribs: elevates anterior and moves like a pump handle
-lower thoracic ribs: lower raise laterally
Thoracic spine articular processes orientation
-60º to transverse plane
-20º to frontal plane
Thoracic Spine ROM
Flexion: 30-40º (3º per segment ribs limit motion)
extension: 20-25º (2 per segment)
lateral bending: 25º (2 per segment)
rotation: 30º (3º per segment)
Thoracic spine coupled motions of the upper/lower thoracic
-upper thoracic: behave more like cervical
-lower thoracic behave more like lumbar
Typical lumber vertebrae
larger and wider vertebral bodies/disc
lumber spine facet orientation
90º to transverse plane
45º to frontal plane
-encourage flexion/extension
-discourage rotation
Lumbar spine ROM
flexion: 50º (10/segment)
extension: 15º (3/segment)
lateral bending: 20º (4/segment)
rotation: 5º (1/segment)