Vertebral column

Question 1

Another name for the vertebral column.

Answer 1

Backbone or spine

Question 2

How many vertebrae are found in an adult? ( not including the sacrum and coccyx )

Answer 2

24

Question 3

What are the regions of the vertebral column? How many vertebrae are in each section?

Answer 3

Thoracic ( 12 ), Lumbar ( 5 ), Cervical ( 7 ), Sacrum ( 5 ), Coccyx ( 5 )

Question 4

Function of the vertebral column.

Answer 4

Protects the spinal cord, Supports the head, Provide attachment for the ribs and muscles.

Question 5

Three main curvatures of the spine.

Answer 5

Cervical Lordosis, Thoracic Lordosis, Lumbar Lordosis.

Question 6

How many curvatures does a newborn baby have?

Answer 6

1

Question 7

Vertebrae C1 and Vertebrae C2 form a joint that allows the head to move side to side.

Answer 7

Atlas ( Vertebrae C1 ), Axis ( Vertebrae C2 )

Question 8

Where the joint that allows the head to move up and down located?

Answer 8

Between the atlas and the occipital.

Question 9

• Acts as shock absorber between each of the vertebrae in the spinal column.
• Also serve to protect the nerves that run down the middle of the spine

Answer 9

Intervertebral disc

Question 10

Basic movable unit at the back.

Answer 10

Motion segment

Question 11

Provides for passage of the spinal cord.

Answer 11

Vertebral Foramen

Question 12

Opening between vertebrae through which nerves leave the spine and extend to other parts of the body.

Answer 12

Intervertebral Forman

Question 13

Bony passageway within the vertebral column for the spinal cord that is formed by the series of individual vertebral foramina

Answer 13

Vertebral ( spinal ) canal