Exam 2- Cervical Region

Question 1

What muscles will attach to the anterior tubercle of a typical cervical vertebra

Answer 1

Anterior scalene, longus capitis, longus Colli, anterior transversarii

Question 2

What muscles may attach to the posterior tubercle of a typical cervical vertebra

Answer 2

Splenius cervicis, iliocostalis cervicis, longissimus cervicis, lavator scapula, middle scalene, posterior scalene, rotators and posterior intertransversarri

Question 3

What muscles will attach to the costotransverse bar

Answer 3

Middle scalene and posterior intertransversarri

Question 4

What is the name given to the collective rib-forming region

Answer 4

The pleurapophysis

Question 5

What produces the primary tension on the transverse process what will cause remodeling in the anterolateral and inferior directions

Answer 5

Cervical spinal nerves as they are directed anterolaterally and inferiorly to form the cervical and biracial plexuses

Question 6

What is the name given to the superior margin of the costotransverse bar

Answer 6

Sulcus for the central primary ramus of a cervical spinal nerve

Question 7

What is the orientation and angulation of a typical cervical transverse process

Answer 7

60 degrees anterolaterally, 15 degrees inferiorly

Question 8

What is the name given to the modification of the anterior scalene tubercle of the C6 transverse process

Answer 8

The carotid tubercle

Question 9

What will cause remodeling of the anterior tubercle at C6

Answer 9

The common carotid artery

Question 10

What will occupy the typical cervical vertebra transverse foramen

Answer 10

The vertebral artery, vertebral venous plexus and postganglionic sympathetic motor nerve fibers

Question 11

What part of the peripheral nerve system is observed in the transverse foramen of typical cervical vertebra

Answer 11

Postganglionic sympathetic motor nerve fibers of the autonomic nerve system

Question 12

What is the name of the surface feature observed between the ends of the articular pillar

Answer 12

The groove/sulcus for the dorsal ramus of a cervical spinal nerve

Question 13

What is the classic angulation for typical cervical articular facets

Answer 13

40-45 degrees from the coronal plane

Question 14

Recent work studies suggest what angulation for typical cervical articular facets

Answer 14

55-60 degrees

Question 15

What is the orientation of the typical cervical superior articular facet

Answer 15

BUM

Question 16

What is the orientation of the typical cervical inferior articular facet

Answer 16

FoLD

Question 17

What muscles will attach to typical cervical articular processes

Answer 17

The longissimus capitis, longissimus cervicis, semispinalis capitis, semispinalis cervicis, multifidis and rotators

Question 18

What muscles blend with the capsular ligament of cervical zygapophysis

Answer 18

The semispinalis capitis, multifidis and rotator longus

Question 19

What will influence spinal kinematics

Answer 19

Geometry of articular facets, mechanical properties of connective tissue, mechanical properties of muscle

Question 20

The greatest range of flexion-extension among the typical cervical vertebra occurs at which vertebral couple

Answer 20

C5/C6

Question 21

What motions are coupled in the cervical spine

Answer 21

Lateral bending and axial rotation

Question 22

Ranges of coupled motion among the typical cervical vertebra will be similar for what cervical vertebral couples

Answer 22

C2/C3, C3/C4, C4/C5

Question 23

Ranges of coupled motion among the typical cervical vertebrae will begin to decrease a what cervical vertebral couple

Answer 23

C5/C6

Question 24

What is the usual condition for the Caucasian typical cervical spinous process

Answer 24

They are bifid

Question 25

What is the usual condition for the African-American typical cervical spinous process

Answer 25

They are non-bifid

Question 26

What muscles attach to the typical cervical spinous process

Answer 26

The spinal is cervicis, semispinalis cervicis, semispinalis thoracis, multifidis, rotators and interspinalis

Question 27

What will form the anterior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen

Answer 27

The lateral groove and vertebral body of the segment above, the uncinate process and verterbal body of the segment below, the intervertebral disc and the PLL

Question 28

What will form the posterior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen

Answer 28

The inferior articular process, the superior articular process, the capsular ligament and the ligamentum flavum

Question 29

What forms the unique anterior boundary of the intervertebral foramen for the C4 spinal nerve

Answer 29

The lateral groove of C3 and uncinate process of C4 forming the joint of Luschka

Question 30

List in order the osseous parts of the typical cervical vertebra transverse process beginning at the vertebral body

Answer 30

Costal element, anterior tubercle, costotransverse bar, posterior tubercle, true transverse process