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3 - Kines - Unit 5 - Spine & Thorax Flashcards

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Spine & Thorax - Bones

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50 bones in the spine and thorax

  • Vertebrea - back bones - x24 (some sources indicate 33 spinal bones or vertebrae)
  • Sacrum - base of the spine - x1
  • Coccyx - tail bone - x1
  • Sternum - breast bone - x1
  • Ribs - x24
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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Vertebrae

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  • Cervical vertebrae - x7 (incl: C1 = atlas & C2 = axis)
  • Thoracic vertebrae - x12
  • Lumbar vertebrae - x5
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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Vertebrae - Bony structures & landmarks common to all vertebrae

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  • Spinous process
  • Transverse process
  • Vertebral body
  • Vertebral foramen
  • Lamina
  • Superior articular facet
  • Inferior articular facet
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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Vertebrae - Definitions - Process

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Prominent bony growth that projects

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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Vertebrae - Definitions - Body

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A wedge shaped piece of bone

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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Vertebrae - Definitions - Foramen

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Hole in a bone

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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Vertebrae - Definitions - Facet

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Small, flat articular surface

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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Sacrum

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Strats out as 5 separate sacral vertebrae that fuse

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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Coccyx

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Strats out as 5 separate sacral vertebrae that fuse

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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Sternum

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Starts out as 3 separate bones

  • Manubrium - superior portion
  • Body - middle portion
  • Xiphoid process - inferior portion
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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Ribs

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x24 ribs

  • 7 pairs directly articulate with the sternum
  • 3 pairs indirectly articulate with the sternum
  • 2 pairs are “floating” - do not articulate with the sternum
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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Ribs - Bony structures & landmarks common to all ribs

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  • Head
  • Neck
  • Tubercle
  • Angle
  • Sternal end
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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Other structures - Definition - Aponeurosis

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Broad sheet of connective tissue

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Spine & Thorax - Landmarks - Other structures to be ware of

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  • Thoracolumbar aponeurosis (broad sheet of connective tissue)
  • Abdominal apneurosis
  • Lineal alba
  • Costal cartilage - connects to the sternum
  • Pubic symphysis
  • Iliac crest
  • Inguinal ligament
  • Ligamentum nuchae
  • Abdominal aorta
  • Anterior longitudinal ligament
  • Posterior longitudinal ligament
  • Ligamentum flavum
  • Supraspinous ligament
  • Interspinous ligament
  • Intervertebral disc (annulus fibrosis & nucleus pulposus)
  • Intervertebral foramen (formed by vertebrae where nerves exit spinal cord)
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Spine & Thorax - Joints

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  • Intervertebral joints
  • Costovertebral joints
  • Costosternal joints
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Spine & Thorax - Joints - Intervertebral joints

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Amphiarthritic joints formed by vertebral bodies & intervertebral discs

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Spine & Thorax - Joints - Costovertebral joints

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Diarthritic joints formed by a rib and the vertebral bodies

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Spine & Thorax - Joints - Costosternal joints

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Formed by the union of the ribs to the sternum via hyaline cartilage

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Spine & Thorax - Movements - Spine / Trunk / Neck

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  • Flexion of the trunk
  • Extension of the trunk
  • Lateral flexion of the trunk
  • Rotation of the trunk
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Spine & Thorax - Definition - Flexion of the trunk

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Decrease of the angle in a joint by bringing bone together

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Spine & Thorax - Definition - Extension of the trunk

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Increase of the angle in a joint by moving bones apart

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Spine & Thorax - Definition - Lateral flexion of the trunk

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Decrease of the angle measured on the lateral surface of the spine, trunk or neck

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Spine & Thorax - Definition - Rotation of the trunk

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Twisting the spine, trunk or neck around it’s axis

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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Erector Spinae Group

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Bungee-cord like muscles running parallel to the spine traveling from spinal segment below to several spinal segments or ribs above.

  • Iliocostalis - most lateral of the group
  • Longissimus - between the other two
  • Spinalis - most medial of the group

[Action]

  • Extension of the trunk
  • Lateral flexion of the trunk
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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Transversospinalis Group

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  • Multifidi - span 2-4 vertebrae & are more superficial than the Rotatores
  • Rotatores - span 1-2 vertebrae & are deep to the Multifidi
  • Semispinalis Capitis

[Action]

  • Multifidi & Rotatores: Extend & rotate the vertebrae
  • Semispinalis Capitis: Extends vertebral column & neck
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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Splenius Capitis

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[Origin]

  • Ligamentum nuchae
  • Spinous process C7-T3

[Insertion]

  • Mastoid process
  • Lateral base of the skull

[Action]

  • Extension of the neck
  • Lateral flexion of the neck
  • Rotation of the neck
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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Spenius Cervicis

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[Origin]
- Spinous processes T3-T6

[Insertion]
- Transverse processes of upper cervical vertebrae

[Action]

  • Extension of the neck
  • Lateral flexion of the neck
  • Rotation of the neck
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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Suboccipitals

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x8

  • Rectus Capitis Posterior Major
  • Rectus Capitis Posterior Minor
  • Oblique Capitis Superior
  • Oblique Capitis Inferior

[Action]

  • Rotation of the skull
  • Extension of the skull
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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Quadratus Lumborum

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[Origin]
- Posterior iliac crest

[Insertion]

  • Last rib
  • Transverse process of L1-L4

[Action]

  • Lateral tilting of the pelvis
  • Lateral flexion of the trunk
  • Assists in the extension of the trunk
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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Abdominals

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  • Rectus Abdominis
  • External Oblique
  • Internal Oblique
  • Transverse Abdominis
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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Abdominals - Rectus Abdominis

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[Origin]

  • Pubic crest
  • Pubis symphysis

[Insertion]

  • Cartilage of ribs 5-7
  • Xiphoid process

[Action]
- Flexion of the trunk

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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Abdominals - External Oblique

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[Origin]
- Lower 8 ribs

[Insertion]

  • Anterior part of the iliac crest
  • Abnominal apneurosis to linea alba

[Action]

  • Flexion of the trunk (bilaterally)
  • Compress abdominal contents (bilaterally)
  • Rotation of the trunk (unilaterally)
  • Lateral flexion of the trunk (unilaterally)
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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Abdominals - Internal Oblique

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[Origin]

  • Lateral inguinal ligament
  • Iliac crest
  • Thoracolumbar fascia

[Insertion]

  • Internal surface of lower three ribs
  • Abdominal aponeurosis to linea alba

[Action]

  • Flexion of the trunk (bilaterally)
  • Compress abdominal contents (bilaterally)
  • Rotation of the trunk (unilaterally)
  • Lateral flexion of the trunk (unilaterally)
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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Abdominals - Transverse Abdominis

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[Origin]

  • Lateral inguinal ligament
  • Iliac crest
  • Thoracolumbar fascia
  • Internal of lower 6 ribs

[Insertion]
Abdominal aponeurosis to linea alba

[Action]
Compresses abdominal contents

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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Diaphragm

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[Origin]

[Insertion]

[Action]
- Primary muscle of respiration

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Muscles Origins, Insertions & Actions - Intercostals

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Internal & external, both found between the ribs

[Origin]

[Insertion]

[Action]
- Assists with respiration

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Muscles - Muscles of Inspiration (x12)

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  • Diaphragm
  • Anterior Scalene
  • Middle Scalene
  • Posterior Scalene
  • Sternocleidomastoid
  • External Intercostals
  • Serratus Posterior Superior
  • Quadratus Lumborum
  • Pectoralis Major
  • Pectoralis Minor
  • Serratus Anterior
  • Subclavius
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Muscles - Muscles of Exspiration (x6)

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  • Internal Intercostals
  • Serratus Posterior inferior
  • External Oblique
  • Internal Oblique
  • Transverse Abdominis
  • Quadratus Lumborum

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