Vertebral Column Articular Facet Orientation

Question 1

What is the inferior articular facet orientation of C1?

Answer 1

backward, medial, and downward

Question 2

What is the superior articular facet orientation of C2?

Answer 2

backward, upward, lateral

Question 3

Superior articular facets of which vertebrae will be oriented backward, upward, and medial?

Answer 3

C1, C3-C7, L1-L5, S1

Question 4

Superior articular facets of which segments will be oriented backward upward and lateral?

Answer 4

C2, T1-T12

Question 5

Inferior articular facets of which segments will be oriented backward, medial, and downward?

Answer 5

C1

Question 6

Inferior articular facets of which segments will be oriented forward, lateral, and downward?

Answer 6

C2-C6, T12, L1-L5

Question 7

Inferior articular facets of which segments are oriented forward lateral, downward, and convex?

Answer 7

T12, L1-L5

Question 8

Inferior articular facets of which segments will be oriented forward, medial, and downward?

Answer 8

C7, T1-T11

Question 9

Which segment has the only inferior articular facet to face backward?

Answer 9

C1

Question 10

What directions will all superior articular facets face?

Answer 10

backward and upward

Question 11

Which segments will have facets that are specifically shaped as “concave”?

Answer 11

C1, L1-L5, S1 superior articular facets

Question 12

Which segments will have facets that are specifically shaped as “convex”?

Answer 12

T12, L1-L5 inferior articular facets