Test 4 Part 1 Flashcards
Where is center of gravity?
Sacral promontory
Primary curvatures?
Thoracic and sacral
secondary curvatures?
cervical and lumbar
when does cervical curvature starte to form?
3-4 months
when does lumbar curvature start to form?
10-12 months
vertebral column length?
72-75cm
28.8”-30”
how many cervial vertebrae?
7
how many thoracic vertebrae?
12
how many lumbar vertebrae?
5
how many sacral vertebrae?
5 (fused)
how many coccygeal vertebrae?
4 (fused)
What form articulations of the neural arches?
Facet joints
What type of joints are facet joints?
Gliding or plane joints
Spondylolysis
partial or complete fracture of pars articularis. Not always painful
Spondylolisthesis
fracture of pars articularis with vertebral displacement. For sure painful
superior and inferior articular notches join together to form?
intervertebral foramen
This is where nerve roots exit
There are 2, one on each side
vertebral artery passes through which triangle?
suboccipital triangle
uncinate processes function?
help cervical vertebrae C3-C7 interlock and prevent them from sliding off of eachother
Which part of the spine is the most flexible?
cervical spine
rib # correlates to which vertebrae?
lower vertebrae
how does thoracic portion of vertebral column move?
as a unit
how does lumbar portion of vertebral column move?
individually
lumbar vertebrae facets in which plane?
semi sagittal plane.
location of mammillary processes?
superior articular processes
location of accessory processes
base - transverse processes
describe lumbar spinous processes
short and stubby
how many sacral foramina?
4 pairs
How many fused segments in coccyx?
4
Vertebral Joint types:
- Cartilaginous joints
- synovial joints (gliding)
- Atlantoaxial joint (pivot)
- atlantoccipital joint (condyloid) (more of a hinge joint)
Cartilaginous joints of vertebral column formed by?
intervertebral discs
Where does PLL start?
clivus
Which way to people lean with disc herniation?
opposite side to take pressure off the nerve root
Name the vertebral ligaments of the neural arch
supraspinous ligaments
ligamentum nuchae
interspinous ligament
intertransverse ligaments
ligamentum flavum
Atlantooccipital joint movement?
rock back and forth on atlas (C1) facets
Atlantoaxial joint movement?
atlas pivots right and left
Parts of the atlas
ant./post. arch
ant./post. tubercles
Kyphosis
hunchback
lordosis
increased lumbar curvature. Sprinters booty
scoliosis
lateral curvature of the spine
Can cause perceived differences in limb length even though they are actually the same length.