The Vertebral Column –Structure of Typical Vertebra Intervertebral foramen

Question 1

you _____ view the intervertebral foramen by looking at a ____ ______

Answer 1

cannot

a single vertebra

Question 2

In order to view an intervertebral foramen (or several intervertebral foramina), you will have to view an?

Answer 2

articulated skeleton

Question 3

intervertebral foramen are _____ on either side of the vertebral column, that allow passage of ______ ______

Answer 3

openings

spinal nerves

Question 4

The intervertebral floorman run from ____ to the _______ levels

Answer 4

C1

coccygeal

Question 5

he intervertebral foramen openings allow for the flow of ____ -______ information between the ____ and the rest of the body

Answer 5

neuron-carried

brain

Question 6

Sometimes spinal nerves are _______as they travel through the intervertebral foramen.

Answer 6

compressed

Question 7

Sometimes spinal nerves are compressed as they travel through the intervertebral foramen. this can happen due to?

Answer 7

aging changes and herniated intervertebral discs.

Question 8

Compressed spinal nerves can cause _____ effects such as pain _____ and numbness in the region the sensory neurons at that level are coming from. PLUS _____effects in the region the motor neurons at that level are travelling to

Answer 8

sensory,
tingling
motor