Vertebral Articulations

Question 1

What are intervertebral joints designed for?

Answer 1

STRENGTH
+
WEIGHT BEARING

Question 2

Intervertebral joints are cartilagenous and connected by _______________ discs.

Answer 2

INTERVERTEBRAL

Question 3

Which joints of the vertebrae contain no IVDs?

Answer 3

CRANIOVERTEBRAL JOINTS

Question 4

Name the joint where the superior articular facets on the lateral masses of C1 articulate with the occipital condyles of the skull?

Answer 4

ATLANTO - OCCIPITAL JOINT

Question 5

What type of synovial articulation is found at the atlanto-occipital joint?

Answer 5

CONDYLOID

Question 6

Name the 2 available movements at the atlanto-occipital joint?

Answer 6

FLEXION OF HEAD ON NECK
+
EXTENSION OF HEAD ON NECK

Question 7

Name the ligament of the atlanto-occipital joint and what is it responsible for checking?

Answer 7

ATLANTO - OCCIPITAL MEMBRANE
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CHECKS EXCESSIVE FLEX/EXT OF NECK

Question 8

Name the joint where C1 articulates with the dens of C2?

Answer 8

ATLANTO - AXIAL JOINT

Question 9

What type of synovial articulation is found at the atlanto-axial joint?

Answer 9

PIVOT

Question 10

What is the available movement at the atlanto-axial joint?

Answer 10

ROTATION

Question 11

Name the ligament which holds the dens of C2 against the anterior arch of C1?

Answer 11

TRANSVERSE LIGAMENT OF ATLAS

Question 12

Name the ligament whose bands travel from transverse ligament superiorly to the occipital bone inferiorly to the body of C2?

Answer 12

CRUCIATE LIGAMENT
aka
CRUCIFORM LIGAMENT

Question 13

Name the alar ligament attachments?

Answer 13

DENS
to
LATERAL MARGINS OF FORAMEN MAGNUM

Question 14

Name the apical ligaments attachments?

Answer 14

DENS
to
ANTERIOR MARGIN OF FORAMEN MAGNUM

Question 15

Name the ligament anchored to the posterior aspect of the vertebral bodies and IVDs from sacrum to C2?

Answer 15

POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT (PLL)

Question 16

What does the posterior longitudinal ligament check?

Answer 16

HYPERFLEXION OF THE SPINE

Question 17

What does the posterior longitudinal ligament prevent?

Answer 17

POSTERIOR PROTRUSION OF THE IVD

Question 18

The inferior articular facet of one vertebra articulates with the superior articular facet of what?

Answer 18

NEXT INFERIOR VERTEBRA

Question 19

What type of synovial articulation is found at facet joints of the vertebrae?

Answer 19

PLANE

Question 20

What is the orientation of the cervical facets?

Answer 20

OBLIQUE (HIGHER ANTERIORLY)

Question 21

What is the orientation of the thoracic facets?

Answer 21

MORE IN FRONTAL PLANE

Question 22

What is the orientation of the lumbar facets?

Answer 22

MORE IN THE SAGITTAL PLANE

Question 23

Name the 4 available movements at the vertebral facet joints?

Answer 23

FLEXION
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EXTENSION
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ROTATION
\+
LATERAL FEXION

Question 24

Name the 3 factors affecting ROM?

Answer 24

SIZE and SHAPE of IVDs
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ANGLE OF THE FACET JOINTS
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LAXITY OF LIGAMENTS/JOINT CAPSULES

Question 25

Where is ligamenta flava found?

Answer 25

LAMINA TO LAMINA FROM SACRUM UP TO C1

Question 26

Ligamentum flava helps to preserve normal __________.

Answer 26

CURVES

Question 27

Where are the interspinous ligaments (limiting flexion) located?

Answer 27

BETWEEN SPs

Question 28

Name the 2 ligaments of the vertebrae which limit flexion?

Answer 28

INTERSPINOUS LIGAMENT
+
SUPRASPINOUS LIGAMENT

Question 29

Name the ligament which spans from C7 to the back of the skull?

Answer 29

LIGAMENTUM NUCHAE

Question 30

Ligamentum nuchae can be seen as a ________________ of the interspinous/supraspinous ligaments.

Answer 30

THICKENING