Typical Lumbar Spine: L1-L4

Question 1

generic shape of typical lumbar vertebral body from CRANIAL view

Answer 1

reniform or kidney shaped

Question 2

accounts for direction of the lumbar curve

Answer 2

the vertebral body and intervertebral disc = greater anterior height than posterior height

Question 3

of joint surfaces present on the vertebral body of typical lumbar

Answer 3

6

Question 4

of synovial joints on typical lumbar vertebral bodies

Answer 4

NONE

Question 5

of cartilaginous (amphiarthrosis) symphysis joint surfaces on typical lumbar vertebral body

Answer 5

2

Question 6

of FIBROUS (amphiarthrosis) syndesmosis joint surfaces on typical lumbar vertebral bodies

Answer 6

4

Question 7

muscles attached to the first lumbar vertebral body

Answer 7

psoas maj.

psoas min.

Question 8

muscles attached from L2-L4 vertebral bodies

Answer 8

psoas maj.

Question 9

psoas minor will ONLY attach to the vertebral body of which segments

Answer 9

T12, L1

Question 10

name given to ligaments that attach the vertebral body to articular process

Answer 10

transforaminal ligaments

Question 11

ligaments that attach the vertebral body to the transverse process

Answer 11

corporotransverse ligaments

Question 12

hofmann ligaments are identified in which regions along the vertebral column

Answer 12

cervical-upper thoracic region and lumbar region

Question 13

cervical- upper thoracic hofmann ligaments will attach what structures together

Answer 13

dura mater to segment above

Question 14

highest level known to demonstrate hofmann ligaments

Answer 14

C6

Question 15

proposed function of the cervical- upper thoracic hofmann ligaments

Answer 15

resist caudal movement of dural sac

resist gravitational forces on the dura and cord

Question 16

lumbar Hofmann ligament attaches what structures together

Answer 16

dura mater to lower segmental levels

Question 17

proposed function of the lumbar Hofmann ligaments

Answer 17

resist cranial movement of dural sac during flexion

Question 18

proposed function of the proximal root sleeve ligament

Answer 18

resist displacement of PNS in the IVF

Question 19

osseous conditions of lumbar vertebrae facilitating a spinal tap in this region

Answer 19

overlap of laminae, shingling, diminishes;

overlap of spinous processes, imbrication, diminishes

Question 20

name of elevation near the origins of the lumbar transverse process

Answer 20

accessory process

Question 21

a styloid process occurs with what frequency and as a result of what condition

Answer 21

7% occurrence as a realist of congenital elongation of the lumbar accessory process

Question 22

ligaments that attach to the lumbar accessory process

Answer 22

mammillo-accessory ligament

Question 23

parts of a vertebra that are attached via the mammillo-accessory ligament

Answer 23

mammillary process and accessory process of the same segment

Question 24

believed to be entrapped by the mammillo-accessory ligament

Answer 24

medial branch of the dorsal rams of a lumbar spinal nerve

Question 25

muscle(s) that attach to the lumbar accessory process

Answer 25

longissimus thoracis and intertransversarii

Question 26

muscles that may attach to the transverse process of a typical lumbar vertebra

Answer 26

posts major
quadratus lumborum
longissimus thoracis
rotator brevis
rotator longus
intertransversarii

Question 27

ligaments that attach to the transverse process of a typical lumbar vertebra

Answer 27

lumbocostal
mammillo-accessory
intertransverse ligaments

Question 28

orientation of the typical lumbar superior articular facet

Answer 28

BUM, typically concave

Question 29

orientation of the typical lumbar inferior articular facet

Answer 29

FoLD, significant convexity

Question 30

muscle(s) that will attach to the mammillary process

Answer 30

multifidis

intertransversarii

Question 31

believed to be entrapped by the mammillo-accessory ligament

Answer 31

medial branch of the dorsal ramus of a lumbar spinal nerve

Question 32

additional ligaments said to attach to lumbar articular processes

Answer 32

transforaminal ligament

Question 33

joint classification for the typical lumbar zygapophysis

Answer 33

synovial plane (diarthrosis arthrodia)

Question 34

of synovial joints present on a typical lumbar vertebra

Answer 34

4

Question 35

position of the lumbar zygapophysis in children

Answer 35

lies in the coronal plane

Question 36

position of the lumbar zygapophysis in adults

Answer 36

saggital plane for L1/L2,L2/L3 and L3/L4

coronal plane for L4/L5 L5/S1

Question 37

name given to the zygapophysis between vertebral couples that lie in the same plane

Answer 37

joint symmetry

Question 38

names given to the condition in which one zygapophysis of a vertebral couple lies in the coronal plane or position and the other zygapophysis lies in the sagittal plane or position

Answer 38

joint asymmetry or joint tropism

Question 39

name(s) of the condition in which the typical lumbar spinous process increases in length due to the aging process

Answer 39

Baastrups syndrome or “kissing spines”

Question 40

muscles that will attach to the typical lumbar spinous process

Answer 40

latissimus dorsi
serratus posterior inferior
iliocostalis lumborum
longissimus thoracis
spinalis thoracis
multifidis
rotator longus
rotator brevis
interspinalis