vertebral column

Question 1

solid anterior part, shape like a cylinder-with flat posterior surface

Answer 1

body of vertebra/centrum

Question 2

two flattened plates of bone, passing toward the midline from posterior
from each pedicle

Answer 2

two laminae or plates

Question 3

thick rounded extension passing back

Answer 3

pedicles or root

Question 4

opening behind the body, enclosed by the arch

Answer 4

vertebral foramen

Question 5

formed by the curved upper and lower border of the pedicles

Answer 5

vertebral notches

Question 6

are two bones one on each side extending laterally, junction of pedicle and lamina

Answer 6

transverse processes

Question 7

project upward toward head

Answer 7

superior articular processes

Question 8

project upward toward head

Answer 8

superior articular processes

Question 9

project downward from the bases

Answer 9

inferior articular processes

Question 10

project downward from the bases

Answer 10

inferior articular processes

Question 11

back from the posterior border of vertebral arch, junction of two laminae

Answer 11

spinous process

Question 12

this correspond an imaginary line

Answer 12

scotty dog

Question 13

small somewhat oblong bodies with their spinous processes

Answer 13

cervical vertebrae

Question 14

true oblique of the lumbar vertebrae it demonstrate the?

Answer 14

scotty dog

Question 15

it is a composite bone formed from the fusion of five vertebrae

Answer 15

sacrum

Question 16

made up of five fused bodies

Answer 16

body of sacrum

Question 17

anatomical landmark for obstetricians

Answer 17

sacral promontory

Question 18

passage that extends from top to bottom of the sacrum

Answer 18

sacral canal

Question 19

are 16 openings, 8 in front and 8 posteriorly

Answer 19

sacral foramina

Question 20

sacrum lateral to the foramina that corresponds to a fused transverse processes

Answer 20

lateral masses

Question 21

winglike upper parts of the lateral masses, extend laterally from the 1st sacral segment

Answer 21

ala/ alae/wing

Question 22

2 processes extend from the upper sacrum to form the joint with the fifth lumbar body

Answer 22

superior articular processes

Question 23

two small projection, extend down from the lower sacrum

Answer 23

cornua/cornu

Question 24

condyles of the occipital bone, superior surface of the lateral part of c1

Answer 24

atlanto occipital joint

Question 25

between the anterior surface of the odontoid process of c2
and anterior arch of the atlas

Answer 25

atlanto epistropheal joint

Question 26

lie between the bodies of adjacent vertebra that form cushion

Answer 26

intervertebral joints

Question 27

two or more vertebral maybe united forming one bone

Answer 27

fusion of vertebrae

Question 28

two or more vertebral maybe united forming one bone

Answer 28

fusion of vertebrae

Question 29

R or L half of vertebrae maybe absent

Answer 29

hemi vertebrae

Question 30

lack of union or malunion of laminae

Answer 30

spina bifida

Question 31

L5, defect present between superior and inferior articular process

Answer 31

inter- articular defect

Question 32

lower part of sacrum may fail to develop, the coccyx will also be absent

Answer 32

absence of sacrum

Question 33

last lumbar vertebrae may be partly or completely fused with first
sacral segment

Answer 33

sacralization

Question 34

2 or more vertebrae maybe united forming one bone with no joint

Answer 34

bamboo spine

Question 35

covers the upper and lower surface of each vertebral body

Answer 35

articular cartilages

Question 36

a pad between articular cartilages on the adjacent vertebrae

Answer 36

annulus fib

Question 37

pulpy center of annulus fibrosus

Answer 37

nucleus polposus

Question 38

intervertebral disc between the lateral margins of adjacent bodies

Answer 38

accessory cervical joint