vertebral column

Question 1

regions

Answer 1

Cervical (7)
Thoracic (12)
Lumbar (5)
Sacral (5)
Coccyx (4, sometimes 3 – fused)

Question 2

general features

Answer 2

Vertebral canal
Intervertebral foramina
Intervertebral discs

Question 3

vertebrae characterstics

Answer 3

Body (centrum)
Vertebral arch: -Lamina -Pedicles
Vertebral foramen
Spinous process
Transverse processes
Superior and inferior articular processes and facets

Question 4

specialized vertebrae

Answer 4

atlas
axis

Question 5

atlas

Answer 5

C1
absence of body - instead has 2 lateral masses
facet for dens
posterior tubercle

Question 6

axis

Answer 6

C2
dens (odontoid process)
has all other features of cervical vertebrae

Question 7

cervical vertebrae C?

Answer 7

(C1-C7)

Question 8

(C1-C7)

Answer 8

Transverse foramina
bifid spinous process (C2 to about C5)
vertebra prominens on C7
oblique angle of spinous processes

Question 9

thoracic vertebrae

Answer 9

(T1-T12)

Question 10

(T1-T12)

Answer 10

absence of special cervical features
demi-facets: for head of rib on body of vertebrae
articular facets : for tubercle of rib on transverse process of vertebrae

Question 11

lumbar vertebrae

Answer 11

(L1-L5)

Question 12

(L1-L5)

Answer 12

absence of special cervical or thoracic features
large
articular facets on sagittal plane

Question 13

sacrum

Answer 13

(S1-S5)

Question 14

(S1-S5)

Answer 14

body of 1st sacral vertebra median sacral column (anteriorly)
median sacral crest (posteriorly)
superior articulating processes and facets
sacral foramina (anteriorly & posteriorly)
sacral canal (superiorly)
sacral hiatus (inferiorly) articular (auricular) surface
transverse lines (ridges - anteriorly)
alae

Question 15

coccyx

Answer 15

(Co1-Co4)

Question 16

(Co1-Co4)

Answer 16

apex