vertebral column

Question 1

how many irregular bones are there in the vertebral column

Answer 1

26 IRREGULAR BONES

Question 2

how many cervical vertebrae

Answer 2

7 CERVICAL VERTEBRAE

Question 3

how many thoracic vertebrae

Answer 3

12 THORACIC VERTEBRAE

Question 4

how many lumbars are there

Answer 4

5 LUMBAR VERTEBRAE

Question 5

flexible fibrocartilage that separate individual vertebrae; and this is shock absorber

Answer 5

INVERTEBRAL DISCS

Question 6

2 curves

Answer 6

PRIMARY CURVATURES
SECONDARY CURVATURES

Question 7

thoracic and sacral regioon produce C-shape

Answer 7

PRIMARY CURVATURES

Question 8

cervical and lumbar; it allows to center our body weight

Answer 8

SECONDARY CURVATURES

Question 9

6 common features of the vertebrae

Answer 9

BODY/ CENTRUM

VERTEBRAL ARCH

VERTEBRAL FORAMEN

TRANSVERSE PROCESSES

SPINOUS PROCESS

SUPERIOR & INFERIOR ARTICULAR PROCESS

Question 10

a feature of the vertebrae that is a disclike, weight-bearing part facing anteriorly in the vertebral column

Answer 10

BODY/ CENTRUM

Question 11

a feature of the vertebrae that form from the joining of all posterior extensions (laminae and pedicles)

Answer 11

VERTEBRAL ARCH

Question 12

a feature of the vertebrae that canal through which spinal cord passes

Answer 12

VERTEBRAL FORAMEN

Question 13

a feature of the vertebrae that two lateral projections form the vertebral arch

Answer 13

TRANSVERSE PROCESSES

Question 14

a feature of the vertebrae that are single projection arising from posterior aspect of vertebral arch (fused laminae)

Answer 14

SPINOUS PROCESS

Question 15

a feature of the vertebrae that are paired projections lateral to the vertebral foramen; allows vertebrae to form joints with adjacent vertebrae

Answer 15

SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR ARTICULAR PROCESSES

Question 16

the 1st cervical vertebrae is atypical called

Answer 16

ATLAS

Question 17

the 2nd cervical vertebrae is atypical called

Answer 17

AXIS

Question 18

atlas and occipital forms the yes joint called

Answer 18

ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT

Question 19

atlas and axis forms the no joint called

Answer 19

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT

Question 20

if the c1 and c2 are atypical vertebrae, what classification is the cervical vertebrae 3-7

Answer 20

TYPICAL

Question 21

typical; larger than the cervical; the only vertebrae to articulate with the ribs; heart shaped and has two costal facets

Answer 21

THORACIC VERTEBRAE

Question 22

massive; blocklike bodies; most of the stress on the vertebral column occurs in these regions

Answer 22

LUMBAR VERTEBRAE

Question 23

formed by fusion of 5 vertebrae; superiorly it articulates with 5th lumbar and inferiorly connects with the coccyx

Answer 23

SACRUM

Question 24

formed from the fusion of three to five tiny, irregular shaped vertebrae; human “tailbone”

Answer 24

COCCYX

Question 25

a sideways curvature of the spine

Answer 25

SCOLIOSIS

Question 26

an excessive forward rounding of the upper back

Answer 26

KYPHOSIS

Question 27

is an exaggerated inward curve of the spine that typically affects the lower back

Answer 27

LORDOSIS

Question 28

also called bulged, is a fragment of the disc nucleus that is pushed out of the annulus

Answer 28

HERNIATED DISCS