Characteristics of Vertebrae

Question 1

Vertebral bodies get ___________ in size as you progress inferiorly.

Answer 1

LARGER

Question 2

What forms the Vertebral arch, enclosing the vertebral foramen?

Answer 2

2 PEDICLES
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2 LAMINAE

Question 3

Name the bony structures which project posteriorly from both sides of the superior part of the vertebral body?

Answer 3

PEDICLES

Question 4

As the pedicles project project posteriorly, they meet 2 __________ (thin plates of bone).

Answer 4

LAMINAE

Question 5

What do the laminae meet and form into posteriorly?

Answer 5

SPINOUS PROCESS

Question 6

How many articular processes arise from the vertebral arch?

Answer 6

4

SUPERIOR and INFERIOR PROCESSES, right and left

Question 7

What is the result of laminae not connected, and what can prevent it?

Answer 7

result - SPINAL BIFIDA
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prevention - FOLIC ACID

Question 8

On each superior and inferior articular _________ is an articular ________.

Answer 8

PROCESS
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FACET

Question 9

What is the aka for articular joints of the vertebrae at the articular facets?

Answer 9

ZYGAPOPHYSIAL JOINTS

Question 10

Name the area between the inferior and superior articular processes?

Answer 10

PARS INTERARTICULARIS

Question 11

Pars interarticularis is the most common _________ site of the vertebrae.

Answer 11

FRACTURE

Question 12

What are the 2 bony structures arising from the arch, projecting laterally?

Answer 12

TRANSVERSE PROCESSES

Question 13

What is the name of the almost complete ring formed by the vertebral notches of 2 adjacent vertebrae?

Answer 13

INTERVERTEBRAL FORAMEN