Vertebral Column

Question 1

The hyoid bone AIDS in what

Answer 1

Swallowing and speech

Question 2

Hyoid bones serves as a movable base for what

Answer 2

Tongue

Question 3

Anchored by ligaments to styloid process of temporal bone

Answer 3

Hyoid bone

Question 4

Compared to the infants total body length the skull is

Answer 4

Large

Question 5

The skull is how much of infant body length and adult body length

Answer 5

1/4-infant

1/8-adult

Question 6

Fibrous membranes connecting the cranial bones

Answer 6

Fontannels

Question 7

What do fontanels allow the skull to do

Answer 7

Compress during birth and grow during later pregnancy and infancy

Question 8

How long does fontanels take to convert to bone

Answer 8

24 months

Question 9

Axial support of the body

Answer 9

Vertebral column or spine

Question 10

Location of spine

Answer 10

From the skull to the pelvis

Question 11

What does the spine do for the skull and pelvis

Answer 11

It supports the skull and in the pelvis it transmits weight of the body to lower limbs

Question 12

Vertebrae are named according to what

Answer 12

Location

Question 13

How many vertebral bones

Answer 13

26

Question 14

The vertebral bones are seperated by what

Answer 14

Intervertebral discs

Question 15

Function of intervertebral discs

Answer 15

Cushion the vertebrae and absorb shocks and allow flexibility

Question 16

The vertebral discs of a young person are

Answer 16

Spongy and compressible because the high water content of 90%

Question 17

As you age the intervertebral discs do what

Answer 17

Become harder and less compressible because water level decreases

Question 18

Spinal cord runs through what

Answer 18

Central cavity

Question 19

Prior to birth how many vertebrae are there

Answer 19

33 seperate but overtime 9 fuse to form two composite bones

Question 20

two composite bones of the spine

Answer 20

Sacrum and coccyx

Question 21

What prevents shock to the head when running or walking

Answer 21

The s shape of the spine and the intervertebral discs

Question 22

Drying of the discs and weakening of the discs causes old people to have what

Answer 22

Herniated discs

Question 23

Slipped discs

Answer 23

Herniated discs

Question 24

What else causes herniated discs

Answer 24

Exceptional twisting

Question 25

What happens when you have a herniated disc

Answer 25

The disc presses on spinal cord or spinal nerves and causes numbness or excruciating pain

Question 26

What curvatures develop after birth and what shape does it make

Answer 26

Cervical and lumbar

Makes s shape as in adults

Question 27

What curvatures are present at birth and what shape does it form

Answer 27

C shaped

Thoracic and sacral

Question 28

The secondary curvature allows us to do what

Answer 28

Center our body weight on lower limbs with minimum effort

Question 29

When does the cervical curvature appear

Answer 29

Baby begins to raise its head

Question 30

When does lumbar curvature appear

Answer 30

Baby begins to walk

Question 31

To the side

Answer 31

Scoliosis

Question 32

Hunchback

Answer 32

Kyphosis

Question 33

Deep lower curve

Answer 33

Lordosis

Question 34

What causes abnormal spinal curvatures

Answer 34

Congenital
Disease
Poor posture
Unequal muscle pull on spine

Question 35

What is so special about the hyoid bone

Answer 35

It’s the only bone to not articulate with another bone

Question 36

What kind of tissue makes up the intervertebral disc

Answer 36

Fibrocartilage in water