Typical Vertebra and Features

Question 1

Large weight bearing anterior portion of a vertebra

Answer 1

Body

Question 2

Bony process projecting backwards from the body of a vertebra.

Answer 2

Pedicle

Question 3

Bony process projecting laterally from the vertebral arch.

Answer 3

Transverse process

Question 4

Bony process projecting backwards from the vertebral arch.

Answer 4

Spinous process

Question 5

Bony plate connecting the pedicle and the spinous process.

Answer 5

lamina

Question 6

Bony process with a smooth articular facet facing backwards.

Answer 6

Superior articular process

Question 7

Bony process with a smooth articular facet facing forwards.

Answer 7

Inferior articular process

Question 8

Bony section between the superior and inferior articular processes

Answer 8

pars interarticularis

Question 9

Opening bounded by the body, pedicle, and lamina

Answer 9

IVF

Question 10

Curved bony plate made up of both laminae

Answer 10

Vertebral arch

Question 11

Transverse foramina

Answer 11

cervical

Question 12

costal facets on body

Answer 12

thoracic

Question 13

Kidney-shaped body

Answer 13

lumbar

Question 14

5 fused vertebra in shape of a triangle

Answer 14

sacrum

Question 15

Bifid spinous process

Answer 15

cervical

Question 16

Heart shaped body

Answer 16

thoracic

Question 17

mammillary and accessory processes

Answer 17

lumbar

Question 18

Rectangular body

Answer 18

cervical

Question 19

No body

Answer 19

C1

Question 20

Long non-bifida spinous process and absent anterior tubercle.

Answer 20

C7

Question 21

Large lateral masses

Answer 21

C1

Question 22

Anterior and posterior arches and tubercles

Answer 22

C1

Question 23

Facet angulation of 45 degrees

Answer 23

cervical

Question 24

Facet angulation of 90 degrees

Answer 24

Lumbar and lumbosacral

Question 25

Facet angulation of 60 degrees

Answer 25

thoracic

Question 26

Cervical facet orientation:

Answer 26

BUM

Question 27

Thoracic facet orientation

Answer 27

BUL

Question 28

Lumbar facet orientation

Answer 28

B and M

Question 29

Lumbosacral facet orientation

Answer 29

backwards

Question 30

Cervical facet plane

Answer 30

transverse

Question 31

Thoracic facet plane

Answer 31

coronal

Question 32

Lumbar facet plane

Answer 32

sagittal

Question 33

Lumbosacral facet plane

Answer 33

coronal

Question 34

Cervical facet motion

Answer 34

rotation

Question 35

Thoracic facet motion

Answer 35

Lateral bending

Question 36

Lumbar facet motion

Answer 36

flx/ext

Question 37

Lumbosacral facet motion

Answer 37

Lateral bending