The Back and Vertebral Column

Question 1

Vertebral column functions

Answer 1

Weight bearing
Protections
Movement
Site of Muscle attachment
Shock absorption

Question 2

Scoliosis

Answer 2

Abnormal Curvature (common in adolescents)

Question 3

Cervical and Lumbar curvatures

Answer 3

Lordoses

Develop in infancy

Question 4

Thoracic and Sacral curvature

Answer 4

Kyphoses

already present in the fetus

Question 5

Azygous Vein

Answer 5

Runs up the side of the thoracic vertebral column

Drains itself towards the superior vena cava

Question 6

Facet Joint

Answer 6

Synovial plane (between the vertebral facets(

Question 7

Joint between vertebral bodies

Answer 7

cartilaginous

Question 8

Joint found IN the intervertebral disc

Answer 8

fibrous

Question 9

Joint represented by the intervertebral disc

Answer 9

secondary cartilaginous

Question 10

Nodding involves a…

Answer 10

synovial condylar joint

Question 11

Vertebral prominens vertebral level

Answer 11

C7

Question 12

Spine of scapula vertebral level

Answer 12

T3

Question 13

Inferior angle of scapula

Answer 13

T7

Question 14

Summit of iliac crest

Answer 14

L4

Question 15

Taking CSF in an adult

Answer 15

between L3 and L4

Question 16

Taking CSF in a child

Answer 16

L4 and L5 (below where the spinal cord ends)

Question 17

Conus Medullaris

Answer 17

end of the spinal cord

L1 in adults

L3 in children

Question 18

Lumbar and Sacral nerves make the

Answer 18

cauda equina

Question 19

Meninges

Answer 19

Dura mater

Arachnoid mater

Pia mater

Question 20

Pia extends and attaches to coccyx as the

Answer 20

filium terminale

Question 21

between the arachnoid and the pia is the

Answer 21

subarachnoid space

filled with CSF

Question 22

Lumbar puncture at

Answer 22

L3/4 or L4/5

Question 23

Dura and arachnoid mater extend to

Answer 23

S3 (dural sac)

Question 24

Ventral horn contains

Answer 24

cell bodies of somatic MOTOR neurons

Question 25

Dorsal horn contains

Answer 25

axons of the somatic SENSORY neurons

Question 26

Lateral horn contains

Answer 26

cell bodies of the SYMPATHETIC neurons

Question 27

Lateral horn is only present between

Answer 27

T1 and L2/3

S2-4

Question 28

In a CT scan bone is

Answer 28

Light / white

Question 29

In a CT scan fat is

Answer 29

dark

Question 30

in an MRI bone is

Answer 30

dark

Question 31

in an MRI fat is

Answer 31

bright

Question 32

the thoracic duct commences at the vertebral level L1 at the….

Answer 32

cisterna chyli

Question 33

thoracic duct lies between the

Answer 33

azygous vein and the descending aorta

Question 34

Thoracic duct drains into the medial end (the junction between) the left

Answer 34

internal jugular and subclavian veins

Question 35

conus medullaris

Answer 35

lower end of the spinal cord

Question 36

why does the spinal cord show an enlargement of lumbar and cervical regions?

Answer 36

enlarges grey matter necessary to supply the limbs

Question 37

what level does the spinal cord terminate (adults and child)

Answer 37

L1/2 adults

L3/4 children

Question 38

which nerve cell component makes up grey matter?

Answer 38

cell bodies

Question 39

which nerve cell component makes up white matter?

Answer 39

axons

Question 40

Anterior horn is the

Answer 40

ventral horn

Question 41

posterior horn is the

Answer 41

dorsal horn

Question 42

what type of nerve impulses are associated with the anterior horn cells?

Answer 42

motor

Question 43

what type of nerve impulses are associated with the posterior horn cells?

Answer 43

sensory

Question 44

what type of nerve impulses are associated with the lateral horn cells?

Answer 44

autonomic

Question 45

3 meninges layers

Answer 45

dura mater
pia mater
arachnoid mater