Back and vertebral column

Question 1

vertebral column consists of how many bones

Answer 1

33

Question 2

sections of vertebral column

Answer 2

cervical 7, thoracic 12, lumbar5, sacrum 5 size decreases from inferior to superior because of weight

Question 3

how many segments of coccyx

Answer 3

4

Question 4

what is between vertebrae

Answer 4

intervertebral discs

Question 5

what are the bits that go outwards from a spine bone called

Answer 5

spinous and traverse processes and articular processes

Question 6

function of vertebral column

Answer 6

weight bearing, protection, movement, sit of muscle attachments

Question 7

what is primary vertebral curvature

Answer 7

thoracic and sacral kyphoses (shape that it was in foetus)

Question 8

2 components of intervertabal disc

Answer 8

annulus fibrosus (fibrocartilage), nucleus pulposus (high water content core) (can be herniated)

Question 9

joins of vertebral column

Answer 9

mainly synovial apart from intervertabral joint as that is cartilaginous

Question 10

anterior vertebral body is covered by

Answer 10

anterior longitudinal ligament

Question 11

ligament that connects two vertebrae

Answer 11

ligamentum flava

Question 12

ligament in atlas and axis

Answer 12

between atlases. If damage then spinal cord can be damages