vertebra

Question 1

What is the name of the first vertebra?

Answer 1

Atlas

Question 2

What is the name of the second vertebra?

Answer 2

Axis

Question 3

What is the function of the Atlas?

Answer 3

Allows the head to nod

Question 4

What is the function of the Axis?

Answer 4

Allows the rotating movement of the head

Question 5

Describe the Thoracic vertebra

Answer 5

Tall spinous process and short transverse process

Question 6

Describe the lumbar vertebra

Answer 6

Short spinous process, enlarged transverse process which allows the lumbar muscles to attach to the vertebra

Question 7

Describe the Sacral vertebra

Answer 7

Fused in the cat and dog into the sacrum

Question 8

Describe coccygeal vertebra

Answer 8

Very small transverse and spinous process in a cube shape

Question 9

What is the function of the intervertebral disks?

Answer 9

Work as shock absorbers and allows some flexibility of the spinal column

Question 10

What is the name of the spaces between the vertebra?

Answer 10

Intervertebral disks

Question 11

How many cervical vertebra are there in a cat or dog?

Answer 11

7

Question 12

How many thoracic vertebra are there in a cat or dog?

Answer 12

13

Question 13

How many Lumbar vertebra are there in a cat or dog?

Answer 13

7

Question 14

How many Sacral vertebra are there in a cat or dog?

Answer 14

3

Question 15

How many Coccygeal vertebra are there in a cat or dog?

Answer 15

between 3 and 23

Question 16

List 3 functions of the vertebra

Answer 16

• contains the spinal chord
• moves the body and head
• absorbs the shock from movement

Question 17

Why does the thoracic vertebra have taller spinal processes?

Answer 17

To provide protection for the vital organs

Question 18

What makes up the axial skeleton?

Answer 18

Skull, spine, pelvis

Question 19

How many vertebra doe the canine lumbar consist of?

Answer 19

7

Question 20

Why is the Sacrum fused?

Answer 20

for minimal spine movement at the pelvis

Question 21

What are the shock absorbers between the vertebras called?

Answer 21

intervertebral disks

Question 22

What are the intervertebral disks made of?

Answer 22

Fibrocartilage

Question 23

What is the name of the tough fibrous connective tissue outer area on the intervertebral disks?

Answer 23

Annulus fibrosus

Question 24

What is the name of the gelatinous material that forms the core of the intervertebral disk?

Answer 24

Nucleus pulposus