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Vertebral Column Flashcards

1
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How many bones make up the vertebral column?

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26

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2
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How many true (movable) vertebrae are there?

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24

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3
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How many total vertebrae are there?

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33

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4
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How many regions are there in the vertebral column?

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5

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5
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How many vertebrae are in the cervical region?

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7

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6
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How many vertebrae is in the thoracic region?

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12

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7
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How many vertebrae are in the lumbar region?

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5

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8
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How many vertebrae are in the sacral region?

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5

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9
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How many vertebrae are in the coccygeal region?

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4

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10
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What are the four curvatures of the spine?

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•Cervical curvature
•Thoracic curvature
•Lumbar curvature
•Sacral curvature

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11
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What are the primary curves?

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•Thoracic curve
•Sacral curve

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12
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What are the secondary curves?

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•Cervical curve
•Lumbar curve

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13
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What is the anterior, cylindrical weight bearing portion of a vertebra?

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Body

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14
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What two lateral structures of a vertebra form the pillars of the passageway for the spinal cord?

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Pedicles

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15
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On a vertebra what structures extend from the lateral pillars to the midline?

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Laminae

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16
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Together the posteriorly projecting pillars and the extensions to the midline form what structure?

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Vertebral arch

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17
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Together the posteriorly projecting pillars and the extensions to the midline form what passageway within a vertebra?

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Vertebral foramen

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18
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The vertebrae form what collective passageway for the spinal cord?

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Vertebral canal

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19
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Adjacent vertebrae form what passageways for spinal nerves?

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Intervertebral foramina

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20
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What posteriorly projecting structures of the vertebrae can be palpated?

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Spinous processes

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21
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What lateral projections occur on each vertebra?

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Transverse processes

22
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What processes of a vertebra form synovial joints with the vertebrae immediately superior and inferior it?

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Superior and inferior articular processes

23
Q

What smooth, flat, articular surfaces occur on a vertebra?

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Articular facets

24
Q

What are the pads of fibrocartilage between vertebrae?

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Intervertebral discs

25
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What is the outer ring of fibrocartilage within an intervertebral disc?

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Anulus fibrosus

26
Q

What is the inner, circular region of an intervertebral disc?

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Nucleus pulposus

27
Q

What forms the top and bottom, portions of an intervertebral disc?

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Cartilaginous end plate

28
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What structures separate the bodies of the vertebrate from C2-C3 to L5-S1

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Intervertebral discs

29
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What are the three components of an intervertebral disc?

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•Anulus fibrosus
•Nucleus pulposus
•Cartilaginous end plate

30
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Synovial joints occur between what parts of vertebrae from C2 to L5-S1

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Superior and inferior articular processes

31
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What supporting ligament appears on the anterior of the vertebral body?

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Anterior longitudinal ligament

32
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What supporting ligament appears on the posterior vertebral body?

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Posterior longitudinal ligament

33
Q

What ligament is found only in the cervical spine and supports the skull by resisting flexion?

A

Ligamentum nuchae

34
Q

What is the relative size of the cervical vertebrae?

35
Q

What is the shape of the spinous processes of C1-C6?

36
Q

What openings in the cervical vertebrae allow the passage of the vertebral arteries and veins?

A

Transverse foramina

37
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What is another anatomical term for C1?

38
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What structures does C1 lack?

A

•Body
•Spinous process

39
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What is another anatomical term for C2?

40
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During development the body of C1 fuses to C2 to form what structure?

41
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What is another anatomical term for the spinous process of C7?

A

Vertebra prominens

42
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What is the general shape of the bodies of T1-T12?

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Heart shape

43
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What is a distinguishing characteristic of many of the thoracic vertebrae?

A

The spinous process is long and pointed and in some angled sharply inferiorly

44
Q

Thoracic vertebrae can be distinguished from all other vertebrae by what features?

A

Costal facets and Demi facets

45
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What is the general shape of the bodies of lumbar vertebrae?

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Large, round, or oval

46
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What is the characteristic of the spinous processes of the lumbar vertebrae?

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•Thick blunt
•Project posteriorly

47
Q

What is the anatomical term for the anterior, superior bulge of the sacrum?

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Sacral promontory

48
Q

What paired openings occur on the anterior surface of the sacrum?

A

Anterior sacral formina

49
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What are the paired openings on the posterior side of the sacrum?

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Posterior sacral foramina

50
Q

The spinous process of the sacrum form what structure?

A

Median sacral crest

51
Q

What lateral structures of the sacrum articulate with the ossa coxae?

A

Auricular surface

52
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What is the anatomical term for the tailbone?

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