Vertebrae and Spine Flashcards
Features unique to thoracic
Costal facets
Features unique to cervical
Transverse foramen, bifid spinal process
Which vertebre have bifid spinous process?
C2-C6
Vertebra with no body, and divets that articulate with occipital condyles
Atlas
Vertebra with a dens projection
Axis
What passes through vertebral foramen
Spinal cord
What passes through intervertebral foramen?
Nerves
What passes through transverse foramen?
Blood vessels
Only cervical vertebra without bifid spinous process
Vertebrae prominens (C7)
What does the superior articular facet of C2 atticulate with
Inferior articular facet of C1
Gel material (collagen fibers) that pads intervertebral spaces
Nucleus pulposus
Fibrocartilage ring covering intervertebral space
Annulus fibrosus
Ribs 1-7, have their own costal hyaline attachment to sternum
True ribs
Ribs 8-12, do not have their own costal hyaline attachment
False ribs (8-10 connect to 7’s cartilage)
Ribs 11 and 12, which are not attached to the sternum at all
Floating ribs