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Question 1

How many vertebrae in the spine

Answer 1

33

Question 2

how many coccygeal vertebrae

Answer 2

4 (fused)

Question 3

what is the primary curvature of the spine

Answer 3

kyphosis

Question 4

what causes the secondary curvature to develop

Answer 4

walking and holding their head up right

Question 5

swayback means what

Answer 5

lordosis

Question 6

vertebral bodies gradually (what) in size from the mid sacral to the coccygeal region)

Answer 6

decrease

Question 7

lateral projections at the junction of pedicle and lamina

Answer 7

transverse processes

Question 8

Facet Joints also called

Answer 8

Zygapophysial Joints

Question 9

formed by the vertebral arch and the posterior surface of the vertebral body

Answer 9

vertebral foramen

Question 10

bony canal formed by adjacent vertebral foramina

contains the spinal cord and associated structures

Answer 10

vertebral canal

Question 11

2 superior and 2 inferior vertebral notches per vertebra
located on the superior, or inferior, aspect of the pedicles
adjacent superior and inferior notches help form an intervertebral foramen

Answer 11

vertebral notches

Question 12

blood vessels and spinal nerves traverse this foramen

Answer 12

intervertebral foramen

Question 13

vertebra ? is called vertebra prominens

Answer 13

C7

Question 14

(holes in the transverse processes for the passage of the vertebral arteries and veins)

Answer 14

transverse foraminA ONLY IN C SPINE

Question 15

elevated superolateral margin of body some call this a joint what joint is this

Answer 15

uncinate processes

Question 16

lacks a vertebral body and spinous process; ring-shaped (with posterior & anterior vertebral arches)
superior articular facets for articulation with the occipital condyles of the cranium
inferior articular facets for articulation with the superior articular facets of the axis (C2)

Answer 16

C1 Atlas

Question 17

dens process is the portion of the C1 vertebral body that is incorporated into the C2 vertebra during development
large superior articular facets for articulation with the inferior articular facets of the atlas (C1)

Answer 17

C2 axis

Question 18

lacks vertebral body & spinous process

Answer 18

C1

Question 19

heart (♥) shaped bodies

Answer 19

T spine

Question 20

what is the primary motion at T spine

Answer 20

rotation

Question 21

does the SP correlate to the spinal level in the T spine

Answer 21

no, the SP projects inferiority. she was big on this. Rules of Three

Question 22

what area of the spine do you do an LP

Answer 22

L3-4

Question 23

is the sacrum fused S1-S5

Answer 23

yes 4 pairs of foramina

Question 24

The (?) can be used for administering caudal epidural anesthesia

Answer 24

sacral hiatus

Question 25

outer fibrocartilaginous ring of disc

Answer 25

anulus fibrosus

Question 26

gelatinous central mass high water content that decreases during the day and with aging shock absorption: absorbs and evenly distributes forces

Answer 26

nucleus pulposus

Question 27

the joints of the vertebral bodies are what type of joints

Answer 27

Cartilaginous (not facet, this is an synovial joint)

Question 28

Orientation of L spine facets

Answer 28

medial, lateral

Question 29

Orientation of T spine facets

Answer 29

anterior posterior

Question 30

what is your no joint

Answer 30

AA C1-2

Question 31

what ligament restrictions motion at dens

Answer 31

Transverse ligament | of the atlas

Question 32

the mastoid process comes off what bone

Answer 32

temporal

Question 33

what has the longest Spinous process

Answer 33

C7

Question 34

Inferior angle of scapula is what level

Answer 34

T7

Question 35

Illiac crest is what level

Answer 35

L4

Question 36

segmental nerve supply via dorsal rami (recall that (what) include motor and sensory fibers; e.g., somatic motor fibers, sympathetic fibers, & somatic sensory fibers)

Answer 36

dorsal rami

Question 37

blood supply and drainage via segmental vessels what 3

Answer 37

Intercostal subcostal lumbar

Question 38

cervical thickening of the supraspinous ligament

Answer 38

Nuchal ligament (Ligamentum nuchae)

Question 39

dense sleeve of fascia in thoracic and lumbar regions site of muscle attachment (e.g., latissimus dorsi) surrounds the intrinsic back muscles

Answer 39

Thoracolumbar fascia

Question 40

what nerve Levator scapulae | Rhomboid minor and Rhomboid major

Answer 40

dorsal scapular nerve

Question 41

-Involved with Serratus posterior superior Serratus posterior inferior

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respiration

Question 42

Triangle of Auscultation

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Trapezius Latissimus dorsi Medial border of inferior scapula

Question 43

Intrinsic (Deep) Muscles of the Back innervation

Answer 43

Innervated by dorsal rami

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Extrinsic (Superficial) Muscles of the Back innervation

Answer 44

Innervated by ventral rami

Question 45

How many layers to the back

Answer 45

1. superficial 2. Intermediate 3. Deep

Question 46

what muscles are in the superficial layer

Answer 46

1. splenius capitus | 2. splenius cervicis

Question 47

1. splenius capitus 2. splenius cervicis Origination

Answer 47

nuchal ligament T spine process

Question 48

1. splenius capitus 2. splenius cervicis Insertion

Answer 48

mastoid process, occipital bone (capitis) | cervical transverse processes (cervicis)

Question 49

what are the three muscles of the erectror spinae

Answer 49

1. Iliocostalis (lumborum, thoracis, and cervicis portions) 2. Longissimus (thoracis, cervicis, and capitis portions) 3. Spinalis (thoracis, cervicis, and capitis portions)

Question 50

Erector spinae | origin

Answer 50

- Iliac crest - sacrum - lumbar spinous process

Question 51

Iliocostalis insertion

Answer 51

ribs | transverse process

Question 52

Longissimus insertion

Answer 52

transverse process | mastoid

Question 53

spinalis insertion

Answer 53

spinous process

Question 54

The deep layer of the spine muscles are collectively called

Answer 54

Transverospinalis

Question 55

what are the three muscles of the Transverospinalis

Answer 55

semispinalis multifidius rotatores

Question 56

action of the Transverospinalis

Answer 56

Bilateral extersnion or contra lateral rotation

Question 57

semispinalis Most developed

Answer 57

cervical

Question 58

multifidius most developed

Answer 58

lumbar

Question 59

rotatores most developed

Answer 59

thoracic

Question 60

Transverse processes to the spinous processes of more superior vertebrae

Answer 60

Transverospinalis (the gutter)