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