yr 4: vertebral column anatomy

Question 1

kyphosis

Answer 1

bending over anterior

Question 2

scoliosis

Answer 2

s shaped spine

Question 3

lordosis

Answer 3

posterior bending

Question 4

normal lordosis and kyphosis

Answer 4

cervical lordosis
throacic kyphosis
lumbar lordosis
sacral kyphosis

Question 5

what shape is the spine at birth

Answer 5

single kyphosis

Question 6

cervical vertebral features

Answer 6

foramina transversarium ie 2 foramen
flat oval shaped bodies
bifid spinous process
uncinate process superior

Question 7

c1 called the

features

Answer 7

atlas
lacks a vertebral body has anterior and posterior arch
transverse ligament

Question 8

c2 called the

Answer 8

axis

has odontoid process

Question 9

thoracic vertebrae features

Answer 9

heart shaped vertebral body
angled spinous process
costal demifacets on body
transverse costal facets on transverse process

Question 10

lumbar vertebrae features

Answer 10

large kidney shaped
quadrilateral broad spinous process
narrow transverse process
no additional facets