Vertebral joints and ligaments

Question 1

4 things vertebrae are held together by

Answer 1

1. Articular processes
2. Synovial joint
3. Fibrocartilage
4. Accessory ligament

Question 2

Synovial vertebral joint is located between ______ and _______

Answer 2

Superior and inferior articular processes

Question 3

The synovial vertebral joint is what type of joint?

Answer 3

Plane/ gliding

Question 4

The synovial vertebral joint capsules are _____

The capsules do not ______ but can be ____

Answer 4

thin/weak
restrict movement
pulled

Question 5

Intervertebral discs hold what together?

Answer 5

Vertebral bodies

Question 6

There is no disk between ____ or ____

Answer 6

C1 and skull or C1 and C2

Question 7

What are the two parts of the disk?

Answer 7

Annulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus

Question 8

The disk between L5 and S1 is _____ and ______ where the spinal nerves come out

Answer 8

Thinner posteriorly, and thicker anteriorly

Question 9

The most common site of disk ruptures are ____ and _____

Answer 9

lateral and posterior

Question 10

Ligaments over neural arches function?

Answer 10

Hold neural arch together and resist flexion of vertebral column

Question 11

Supraspinous ligament runs where? It doesn’t touch what? The ligament in this area is also called?

Answer 11

C1-C7
Spinous processes (because the sp are shorter here)
Nuchal ligament

Question 12

Interspinous ligament runs where? What does it do?

Answer 12

Runs between spinous processes from C2 to sacrum

Resists flexion.

Question 13

Ligamentum Flavum is the ____ inside the _____ on posterior side.

Answer 13

yellow ligament

vertebral canal on posterior side

Question 14

The ligamentum flavum contains _______ and closes what?

Answer 14

laminae

roof of neural arch

Question 15

Describe the ligamentum flavum’s architecture?

Answer 15

Strong and elastic so flexion of vertebrae is possible

Question 16

Anterior Longitudinal ligament description and function

Answer 16

Wide band of connective tissue that runs the entire vertebral column on anterior vertebral bodies. RESTRICTS extension.

Question 17

The posterior longitudinal ligament is ____ than the ALL

Answer 17

thinner

Question 18

Concave posteriorly can also be called ___

Answer 18

lordotic

Question 19

Concave anteriorly spine is also called

Answer 19

kyphotic

Question 20

C1 has no ____ because the C2 has it (the dens)

Answer 20

vertebral body

Question 21

Cruciform ligament connects what?

Answer 21

transverse ligament of C1 and vertebral ligament from skull to C2 (cross) ventral body of C2 to occipital bone

Question 22

Alar ligament of skull does what?

Answer 22

Hold dens to skull