Vertebral Column

Question 1

What are the junctions of the spine?

Answer 1

Craniocervical junction
Cervicothoracic junction
Thoracolumbar junction
Lumbosacral junction

Question 2

What are the numbers of the vertebrae cervicales?

Answer 2

CI-CVII

Question 3

What are the numbers for the vertebrae thoracical?

Answer 3

T I-T XII

Question 4

What are the numbers for the vertebrae lumbales?

Answer 4

L I- L V

Question 5

What are the numbers for the vertebrae sacrales?

Answer 5

S I - S V

Question 6

How many coccyx bones are there?

Answer 6

4

Question 7

What are the regions of the spine?

Answer 7

Vertebrae cervicales
Vertebrae thoracical
Vertebrae lumbales
Os sacrum aka vertebrae sacrales

Question 8

What are the 5 general functions of the skeletal system?

Answer 8

Protection 
Support 
Mechanical 
Storage 
Blood cells

Question 9

What is the body of the vertebrae cervicales like?

Answer 9

Small (kidney shaped)

Question 10

What is the vertebral foremen of the vertebrae cervicales like?

Answer 10

Large (triangular)

Question 11

What is the transverse process of the vertebrae cervicales like?

Answer 11

Small (may be absent in C VII)

Tuberculum anterius and tuberculum posterius enclose for amen transversum

Question 12

What is the articulate process of the vertebrae cervicales like?

Answer 12

Superoposteriorly and inferoposteriorly;

Oblique facets: most nearly horizontal

Question 13

What is the spinous process of the vertebrae cervicales?

Answer 13

Short (C3-C5)
Bifid (C3-C6)
Long (C7)

Question 14

What is the body of the vertebrae thoracicae like?

Answer 14

Medium (heart shaped ❤️)

Includes costal facets

Question 15

What is the vertebrae foramen of the vertebrae thoracicae like?

Answer 15

Small (circular)

Question 16

What is the transverse process of the vertebrae thoracicae like?

Answer 16

Large and strong; 
Length decreases (T I-T XII)
Costal facets (T I-T X)

Question 17

What is the articulate process of the vertebrae thoracicae like?

Answer 17

Posterior (slightly lateral) and anterior (slightly medial);

Facets in coronal plane

Question 18

What is the spinous process of the vertebrae thoracicae like?

Answer 18

Long sloping posteroinferiorly;

Tip extends to vertebral body below

Question 19

What is the body of the vertebrae lumbales like?

Answer 19

Large (kidney shaped)

Question 20

What is the vertebral foramen of the vertebrae lumbales like?

Answer 20

Medium (triangular )

Question 21

What is the transverse process of the vertebrae lumbales like?

Answer 21

Long and slender;

Process accessorius on posterior surface

Question 22

What is the articulate process of the vertebrae lumbales like?

Answer 22

Posteromedial and anterolateral facets nearly in Sagital plane;
Process mammilaris on posterior surface of each processus articulates superior

Question 23

What is the spinous process of the vertebrae lumbales like?

Answer 23

Short and broad

Question 24

What is the body of the vertebrae sacrales like?

Answer 24

Decreases from base to apex

Question 25

What is the vertebral foramen of the vertebrae sacrales like?

Answer 25

Canalis sacralis

Question 26

What is the transverse process of the vertebrae sacrales like?

Answer 26

Fused to rudimentary rib

Question 27

What is the articular process of the vertebrae sacrales like?

Answer 27

Superoposteriorly superior surface of lateral sacramauricular surface.

Question 28

What is the spinous process of the vertebrae sacrales like?

Answer 28

Crista sacralis mediana

Question 29

Where does the spinal cord start and end?

Answer 29

Starts at foramen magnum and ends at sacral hiatus

Question 30

Where is the first bump in the neck (spine)?

Answer 30

C7

Question 31

Spine at medial border of scapula (spine)?

Answer 31

T3

Question 32

Inferior angle of scapula (spine)?

Answer 32

T7

Question 33

Superior border of ilium (spine)?

Answer 33

L4

Question 34

Posterior superior iliac spine (spine)?

Answer 34

S2

Question 35

Sacral hiatus (butt crack) (spine number)?

Answer 35

S4