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FUNCTION vertebral structures and bone markings
ch 8 page 96-98
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
10/07/2017

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where were intervertebral discs
Definition
between cervical vertebrae 2-7
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vertebral canal
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passageway for spinal cord
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intervertebral foramina
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passage way for spinal nerves

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vertebral body
Definition
bears weight and articulates with adjacent vertebral bodies
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dens
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articulates with the atlas
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vertebral foramen
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passageway for spinal cord
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vertebral arch
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protects spinal cord
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spinous process
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muscle attachment

sternocleidomastoid attache to C2, C3[image]
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bifid spinous process
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muscle attachment

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transverse process
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muscle attachement

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transverse foramina
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passageways for vertebral arteries and veins
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superior articular facets
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articulate with inferior articular facets of superior vertebrae (except C1 articulates with occipital condyles)
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inferior articular facets
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articulate with superior articular facets of inferior vertebrae
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functional classification of this articulation:

any suture
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synarthrosis
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functional classification of this articulation:

tooth in jaw
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synarthrosis
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what does synarthrosis mean
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immovably fixed joint connected by fibrous tissue
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functional classification of this articulation:

temporomandibular
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diarthrosis, biaxial
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functional classification of this articulation:

intervertebral (bodies)
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amphiarthrosis
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functional classification of this articulation:

intervertebral (facets
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diarthrosis, nonaxial
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functional classification of this articulation:

atlanto-occipital
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diarthrosis, biaxial
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functional classification of this articulation:

median atlanto-axial
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diarthrosis, uniaxial
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