Thoracic Spine - Review Flashcards
What structures provide strengthening and stabilizing forces to, and affect the motion of the T-spine?
- The ribs
Do inter-rib motions, or intervetebral motions stop first?
- Inter-rib stops first
What arthrokinematic motion occurs in the T-spine at the end range of osteokinematic motions?
- Motion of transverse process on a fixed rib
What type are the arthrokinematics relationships of the joint surfaces of the costotransverse joints?
- Convex rib on concave transverse process for ribs 1 - 7/8
- Planar surfaces for ribs 8 - 10
What is the ROM for T-spine flexion? (goniometry and tape changes)
- 0 - 25/45 degrees
- ~ 2.7 cm
What 4 structures limit an opening semental motion of the T-spine?
- Supraspinatus
- Infraspinatus
- Capsular ligaments
- Posterior longitudinal ligament
What type of force is produced on the nucleus pulposis during T-spine flexion?
Posteriorly directed
At what 3 joints does motion occur during flexion of the T-spine?
- Costovertebral
- Sternocostal
- Costochondral
What is the ROM for T-spine extension? (goniometry and tape changes)
- 0 - 25/45 degrees
- ~ 2.5 cm
What limits segmental T-spine extension/ closing?
- Approximation of spinous processes
What type of force is produced on the nucleus pulposis during T-spine extension?
- Anterior force
At what 3 joints does motion occur during extension of the T-spine?
- Costovertebral
- Sternocostal
- Costochondral
What is normal ROM lateral flexion of the T-spine? (goniometry only)
- 0 - 20/40 degrees
What type of force is produced on the nucleus pulposis during lateral flexion of the T-spine?
- Lateral force
What type of motion occurs at the intercostal spaces during lateral motion on the convex and on the concave side?
Convex: Widen, enlarging rib cage
Concave: Close, shrinking rib cage
What is the normal ROM of rotation of the T-spine? (goniometry only)
- 0 - 35/50 degrees
What limits the opening and closing motions of the T-spine during rotation?
- Rib cage deformations
Through what structures of the T-spine does the axis of rotation pass?
- The bodies of the vertebrae
What motion occurs at the disc during T-spine rotation? What effect does this have in comparison with the L-spine?
- Disc twists and rotates as opposed to shearing in the lumbar spine allowing for greater rotation ROM per segment
How much rotation is allowed per segment in the T-spine? The L-spine?
T-spine: 3 degrees
L-spine: 1 degree
What are the joint surfaces of the costovertebral joint?
- Convex rib on both vertebral bodies, and the annulus of the disc
What structure divides the inside of the joint capsule of the costovertebral joint into 2 sections?
- An interosseus ligament
What ligament reinforces the joint capsule of the costovertebral joint?
- Annular ligament
What are the joint surfaces of the costotransverse joints?
1 - 7/8: convex rib tubercle on concave transverse process
8 - 10: Transverse surfaces
What 3 ligaments stabilize ribs 8 - 10?
- Interosseus
- Posterior costotransverse
- Superior costotransvserse
Through what joints does rib motion occur?
- Costotranverse
- Costovertebral
Describe the 4 planes of motion of the ribs?
Upper ribs: In sagittal plane (raises sternum and expands AP dimension of rib cage
Middle ribs: 45 degrees to frontal plane
Lower ribs: In frontal plane (Medial lateral expansion of the rib cage )
What type of motion occurs at the Lower ribs?
Bucket handle
What type of motion occurs in the inferior ribs?
Caliper motion
What type of motion occurs in the upper ribs?
- Pump handle
What type of motion occurs in the middle ribs?
- Combination of pump and bucket handle
What 3 muscles are found in the superficial layer of the posterior T-spine?
- Trapezius muscles
- Rhomboids
- Latissimus dorsi
What 2 muscles are found in the 2nd layer of the posterior T-spine?
- Splenius
- Serratus posterior
What 3 muscles are found in the 3rd layer of the posterior T-spine?
- Iliocostalis
- Longissimus
- Semispinalis