Vertebral Column

Question 1

Answer 1

cervical vertebra

Question 2

Answer 2

atlas (C1)

Question 3

Answer 3

axis (C2)

Question 4

Answer 4

thoracic

Question 5

Answer 5

lumbar

Question 6

Unique features of cervical vertebra

Answer 6

uncinate process

transverse foramen

A and P tubercles

short spinous process

Question 7

Function of transverse foramen

Answer 7

in C2-C6, vertebral artery runs through it.

in C7 vertebral artery runs along side it

Question 8

unique features of atlas (c1)

Answer 8

superior articular surface articules with occiptal coondyles

inferior articular surface articulates with axis

does not have vertebral body

Question 9

unique features of axis (c2)

Answer 9

has dens/odontoid process

Question 10

unique features of thoracic vertebra

Answer 10

rib bearing vertebra

superior/inferior costal facets articulate with head of rib

transverse costal faecets articulat with tubercle of rib

long spinous process

Question 11

What unique about T11 and T12

Answer 11

do not have transverse facets

Question 12

What’s unique about lumbar vertebra

Answer 12

mammilary process

accessory process

rectangular shaped, short spinous process

Question 13

lumbosacral angle

Answer 13

straight line through lumbar vertebra and perpendular line through sacrum

will change during pregnancy

Question 14

What’s unique about L5

Answer 14

anterior edge of L5 is longer in length than the posterior edge

Question 15

median crest

Answer 15

fusion of spinous processes

Question 16

medial crest

Answer 16

fusion of superior/anterior articular facets

Question 17

lateral crest

Answer 17

fusion of transverse processes

Question 18

auricular surface

Answer 18

helps transfer weight from vertebral column to lower limb

Question 19

sacral hiatus

Answer 19

is continous with central canal. sacral block is adminstered here

Question 20

where does spinal cord end

Answer 20

L2

lumbar puncture safe at L4/L5

Question 21

primary curvature

Answer 21

present at birth

thoracic and sacral

Question 22

secondary curvature

Answer 22

develops with age

cervical and lumbar

Question 23

lordosis

Answer 23

big booty

Question 24

kyphosis

Answer 24

humpback

Question 25

nucleus pulposis

Answer 25

soft chewy center

Question 26

annulus fibrosis

Answer 26

hard outer shell

Question 27

uncovertebral joints

Answer 27

prevent anterior/posterior slipping

Question 28

zygopophyseal joints

Answer 28

synovial joints that keep superior/inferior articular facets intact

Question 29

anterior longitudinal ligament

Answer 29

located on anterior surface of vertebral body

prevents hyperextention

Question 30

posterior longitudinal ligament

Answer 30

on posterior surface of vertebral body

not as strong as anterior

prevents disc hermation

Question 31

ligamentum flavum

Answer 31

yellowish ligament w/ fat on it

(flava flav’s gold teeth)

Question 32

interspinous ligament

Answer 32

located between spinous processes

Question 33

supraspinous ligament

Answer 33

between superior surfaces of spinous process

Question 34

intertranscerse ligament

Answer 34

between adjacent transverse process

Question 35

ligamentum nuchae

Answer 35

allows for attachment of nuchal muscle

Question 36

posterior longitudinal ligament

Answer 36

continous with techtorial membrane

Question 37

sclerotomes

Answer 37

fuse to form vertebral body through resegmentation

Question 38

chondrification sties found where

Answer 38

in vertebral body and neural arch

Question 39

where is cartilage present at birth

Answer 39

spinous process