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Anatomy Exam 1
Vertebral Column
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12/02/2009

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Term
What is does the anatomical position look like?
Definition
  • Eyes & nose forward
  • Limbs close to midline
  • Palms forward
  • Toes forward
  • R & L refers to skeleton's R & L

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Term

How many main anatomical planes are there?

 

What are the names of the 4 main planes?

How do the 4 planes intersect the body?

Definition

4

 

-Median sagittal: cut R & L in = halfs

-Saggital: R & L in unequal halfs

-Coronal/frontal: cuts separate front & back

-Transverse/horizontal: cuts top & bottom

 

 

Term

What is the superior/cranial direction?

 

What is the inferior/caudal direction?

 

What is the posterior/dorsal direction?

 

What is the anterior/ventral direction?

 

What is medial direction?

 

What is lateral direction?

 

What is the proximal direction?

 

What is the distal direction?

Definition

Towards the head

 

Towards the feet

 

Towards the back

 

Towards the front

 

Towards the middle of the body

 

Away from the middle of the body

 

Near truck/point of origin

 

Away from the trunk/point of origin

Term
What are the 5 functions of the vertebral column?
Definition
  1. Protect spinal cord & nerves
  2. Posture & locomotion
  3. Supports & transmits body weight
  4. Provides flexible axis for body & pivot for head
  5. Attachment point for muscles of the back
Term

What are the 5 sections of the spine?

How many verebrae make them up?

 

How many are moveable?

 

How many are immovable?

Definition

- Cervical: 7

- Thoracic: 12

- Lumbar: 5

- Sacral: 5

-Coccygeal/coccyx: 4

 

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Term

What does primary curvatures look like?

 

How many are there in an adult?

What are they?

 

How many are there in a fetus?

Definition

Concave anteriorly

 

2:

Thoracic: top

Sacral: bottom

 

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Term

How many secondary spinal curvatures are there?

What are they called?

What do they do?

Definition

2:

Cervical curvature: Holds up the head

Lumbar: Helps with sitting 

 

 

Term
What are 3 spine abnomalities (pathological curvatures)?
Definition

Kyphosis/hunchback

Lordosis/swayback

Scoliosis

Term

What classifies a movement of the verebral column?

 

What are the 3 main movements of the spine?

Definition

Deviation from anatomical position

 

1) Flexion/extension: lean back/bend forward

2) Lateral flexion: side to side

3) Rotation

Term
What are the 8 main parts of the a movable vertebra?
Definition

- Body

- Arch (forms vertebral canal)

- Pedicle

- Lamina

- Transverse process

- Spinous process

-Superior articular process

-Inferior articular process

Term

When vertebrae articulate (connect) what does it create?

 

What are intervertebral discs?

 

What are the holes formed when vertebrae articulate?

Definition

Creates the vertebral canal

 

Discs found between vertebrae

 

Intervertebral foramina

Term

What are the 2 parts of the intervertebral discs?

What are they made of?

What is their function?

 

What happens if a disc herniates?

Definition

- Annulus fibrosus: fibrocartilage bands & connective tissue. Limit rotation.

 

-Nucleus pulposis: gel core. Reduces compression force.

 

The nucleus pulposis extrudes.

Term
Where are discs not found?
Definition

-Between C1 & C2

- Within sacrum & coccyx

Term
What are the distinguishing characteristics of the cervical vertebrae?
Definition

- Small body

- Transverse foramina (hole)

- Bifid spinous process

 

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Term
What is another name for C7?
Definition

Vertebra prominens

 

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Term

What is another name for C1?

 

What are the distinguishing characteristics of C1?

 

What is the main function of C1?

 

What does the anterior facet connect to?

 

What does the superiour articular process connect to?

What action does it allow to do?

Definition

Atlas

 

- No vertebral body

-No Spinous process

 

Holds up the head

 

Connects to axis/dens of C2

 

Occipital of cranium.

Allows for nodding of the head

 

Term

What is another name for C2?

 

What are some distinguishing characteristics for C2?

What does it articulate with?

 

What is C2 held in place by?

 

What action is it responsible for?

Definition

Axis

 

Dens:

Anterior arch of the atlas

 

Transverse ligament of the atlas

 

Shaking the head no

Term
What are the 4 distinguishing characteristics of the thoracic vertebrae?
Definition

- Heart shaped body

- Long spinous processes (point inferiorly)

- Rib articulation

-Vertical facet joints

Term
How do ribs articulate with the thoracic vertebrae?
Definition

Head of the rib articulates with the inferior costal facet of the top vert & superior costal facet of bottom vert.

Transverse coastal facet articulates with process of top vert

Term
What are the 4 distinguishing characteristics of lumbar vertebrae?
Definition

- Kidney shaped body

- Short/broad spinous process (points posteriorly)

- Forms interlaminar space

-Wrapped facet joints

 

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Term
Where are spinal taps performed?
Definition
Between L3/L4 or L4/L5 bc of interlaminar space
Term
What are the 9 immovable vertebrae?
Definition
5 sacral & 4 coccyx
Term
What are the 7 distinguishing characteristics of the sacrum?
Definition

- 5 fused vertebrae

- Anterior & posterior sacral foramina

- Anterosuperior edge of S1/sacral promontory

- Alae for articulation with the pelvis

- Sacral hiatus

- Lateral crest

- Medial crest (reminants of fused processes)

Term

How can you feel herniated disk for T12?

 

Where are epidural administered?

Definition

Palpate vagina can feel sacrum & if there's a bump between T12 & sacrum then the disk is herniated.

 

At the sacral hiatus

Term

What the function of coccyx in animal?

 

What are the distinguishing characteristics of the coccyx?

 

What is the function of the coccyx?

Definition

Serves as the tail

 

- Most transverse process

- Lacks vertebral canal

 

Attachement for pelvic mm? & other tissues

Term

What is function of the ligaments of the vertebral column?

 

What are the different ligaments?

What do they do?

Definition

Stabilizes joints of vertebral column

 

-Anterior Longitudinal: limits extension

-Posterior Longitudinal: prevent hyperflexion & disk herniation

-Ligamentum Flava (between lamina): extends vertebral after it's been flexed

-Interspimous

-Supraspinous

Term

What pathological curvature is this?

 

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Definition
Kyphosis/hunch back
Term

What pathological curvature is this?

 

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Definition
Lordosis/swayback
Term

What pathological curvature is this?

 

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Definition
Scoliosis
Term

What part of the vertebra is this?

 

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Definition
Pedicle
Term

What part of the vertebra is this?

 

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Definition
Lamina
Term

What part of the vertebra is this?

 

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Definition
Arch
Term

What part of the vertebra is this?

 

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Definition
Transverse process
Term

What part of the vertebra is this?

 

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Definition
Spinous processes
Term

What part of the vertebrae is this?

 

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Definition
Superior articular process
Term

What is this part of the vertebrae?

 

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Definition
Inferior articular facet
Term
What are facets?
Definition

Points of attachments on the bone

 

Term

What part of the vertebra is this?

 

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Definition
Vertebral canal
Term

What part of the vertebrae is this?

 

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Definition
Intervertebral foramina
Term
What is a foramina?
Definition
A hole created from the joining of 2 bones
Term

What is this called?

 

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Definition
facet joint
Term

What is this part of the disk called?

 

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Definition
Annulus fibrosus
Term

What is this made of?

 

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Definition
pibrocartilage & connective tissue
Term

What is it's function?

 

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Definition
Limits rotation
Term

What is this also known as?

 

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Definition
Gel core
Term
What is it's function?
Definition
Reduces compressional forces
Term

Where are these vertebrae found?

 

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Definition
Cervical
Term

What vertebrae is this?

 

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Definition
Atlas (C1)
Term

What is its function?

 

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Definition
holds up the head
Term

What action does this produce?

 

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Definition
Nodding of head
Term

What vertebrae is this?

 

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Definition
Axis
Term

What action does this allow?

 

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Definition
Shaking of the head no
Term

What section of the vertabrae does this belong to?

 

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Definition
Thoracic
Term

What section of the spine does this belong to?

 

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Definition
Lumbar
Term

What section of the spine is this?

 

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Definition
Sacral
Term

What is this called?

 

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Definition
Median crest
Term

What are these called?

 

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Definition
Lateral crest
Term

What is this called?

 

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Definition
Sacral hiatus
Term

What is this called?

 

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Definition
sacral promontory
Term

What section of the spine is this?

 

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Definition
Coccyx
Term

What is this called?

 

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Definition
Anterior longitudinal ligament
Term

What is this called?

 

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Definition
Posterior longitudinal ligament
Term

What is this called?

 

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Definition
Ligament flava
Term

What is this called?

 

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Definition
Interspinous ligament
Term

What is this called?

 

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Definition
Supraspinous ligament
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