Typical Lumbar Spine: L1-L4 Flashcards
What is the generic shape of the typical lumbar vertebral body from the cranial view?
Reniform or kidney-shaped
What accounts for the direction of the lumbar curve?
The vertebral body and intervertebral disc have a greater anterior height than posterior height
How many joint surfaces are present on the vertebral body of a typical lumbar?
Six
How many synovial joint surfaces are present on the vertebral body of a typical lumbar?
None
How many cartilaginous (amphiarthrosis) symphysis joint surfaces are on a typical lumbar vertebral body?
Two
How many fibrous (amphiarthrosis) syndesmosis joint surfaces are on a typical lumbar vertebral body?
Four
What muscles may attach to the first lumbar vertebral body?
Psoas major and psoas minor
What muscle(s) may attach from the second down to the fourth lumbar vertebral body?
Psoas major
Psoas minor will only attach to the vertebral body of which segments?
T12, L1
What is the name given to ligaments that attach the vertebral body to articular process?
Transforaminal ligaments
What ligaments attach the vertebral body to the transverse process?
Corporotransverse ligaments
Hofmann ligaments are identified in which regions along the vertebral column?
Cervical- upper thoracic region and lumbar region
Cervical- upper thoracic Hofmann ligaments will attach what structures together?
Dura mater to segments above
What is the highest level known to demonstrate Hofmann ligaments?
C6
What is the proposed function of the cervical- upper thoracic Hofmann ligaments?
Resist caudal movement of the dural sac; resist gravitational forces on the dura and cord