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What are the other names for the intervertebral motor unit?

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Functional motor unit
Physiological motor unit
Vertebral motor unit

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What is the definition of an intervertebral motor unit?

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2 adjacent vertebrae and their contiguous structures

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Flexion of the vertebrae: ______ the IVF

Flexion of the spine: _______ cervical/lumbar lordosis but _________ the thoracic kyphosis

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Opens up the IVF

Decreases; increases

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Extension of the vertebrae: ______ the IVF

Extension of the spine: ______ Cervical/lumbar lordosis but ________ the thoracic kyphosis

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Closes the IVF

Increases Cervical/lumbar lordosis but decreases the thoracic kyphosis

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What are the 7 functions of the vertebral column

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Protection and transmission 
Stabilization 
Support and weight bearing 
Shape and position 
Motion 
Skeletal formation
Resiliency
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How does the vertebral column function in protection and transmission

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Protects the spinal cord and trasmits nerves to other parts of the body

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How does the vertebral column function in stabilization

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Used for attachment of muscles and ligaments

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How does the vertebral column funciton in support and weight bearing?

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Supports the head and bears the weight of the entire body except the legs

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How does the vertebral column function in shape and position

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Provides erectness and body contours or shape

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How does the vertebral column function in motion

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Allows for flexible movement

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Inferior border of the scapulae when upright is in line with the tip of spinous ____ and when lying down tip of the spinous ______

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T9

T6

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What is the name of the common fracture that occurs at the tip of spinous of C-7

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Clay shoveler’s

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What is the most common areas of thoracic compression fracture

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Body of T-11 or 12

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What is the most common areas for lumbar compression fracture?

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Body of T-12/L1

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What is the most common area for sacral fracture?

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Horizontal fracture at the end of the 3rd or 4th sacral tubercle area

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In cervical lateral bending: vertebral body moves the ______ direction as the lateral bending. The spinous process moves to the ______ side.

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Same direction (ispilateral)

Opposite side (contralateral side)

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In lumbar lateral bending: the vertebral body moves to the _____ side as lateral bending and the spinous process moves to the _____ side

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Opposite side (contralateral)
Same side (Ipsilateral)
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What is the definition of subluxation?

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Loss of proper vertebral joint function that may affect proper nerve function and good health

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Where does fertilization take place?

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Distal 1/3rd of the Fallopian tube

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It takes _______ (time frame) before it enters the uterus

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1 week

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What implants in the uterus on day 7?

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The blastocyst

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What are the first 2 main structures to begin developing in the embryo?

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The spine and nervous system

The heart and vascular system

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The round egg flattens out and becomes the ________

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Germ disc

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The ectodermal floor of the amniotic cavity thickens and the center of the midline ceases and becomes the ______ ______

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Neural streak (neural plate)

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The neural streak invaginates and becomes the ______ ______
Neural groove
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What is the beginning of the overall NS?
Neural groove
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What is the group of cells called that form from mesoderm and will form the cephalic portion of the embryo called?
Primitive node or hensen’s node
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What marks the longitudinal axis of the embryonic body and will form the guide to further spinal devleopment
Notochord
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The spine begins to form during the _______ embryonic week
2nd
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How many pairs of somites are there?
42 to 44
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What is the group of mesodermal cells that line up on either side of the notochord called?
Somites
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What do somites eventually become?
Vertebral bodies
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What si the process of neuralation
Neural plate-> neural groove-> appearance of neural crest-> completion of neural tube-> completion of neural crest
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``` The somites form as follows: 1st 4 pair will become the _______ 7 pair will become the _______ 12 pair will become the ______ 5 pair will become the ______ 5 pair will become the ______ 8 to 9 pair will become the ______ ```
The somites form as follows: 1st 4 pair will become the occiput 7 pair will become the cervical vertebra 12 pair will become the thoracic vertebra 5 pair will become the lumbar vertebra 5 pair will become the sacral segments 8 to 9 pair will become the coccygeal segments
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What happens to any remaining somites?
Any remaining pairs will disappear or become absorbed
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What do the neural crest cells develop into? **** KNOW FOR EXAM
The posterior dorsal root ganglion and spinal nerves
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During the third embryonic week the somites will split in their center at an area called the __________________
Fissure of Von Ebner
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What forms a sclerotome?
The union of 2 different somites
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The rest of the connective tissue is called _______
Mesenchyme
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How does the vertebrae form?
By fusion of sclerotome cells from two different somite levels
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During the 4th embryonic week the sclerotomes begin to change into what?
Cartilage
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The notochord will bunch up between the cartilage and will become part of the _______ _________ of the intervertebral disc
Nucleus pulposis
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What are the 3 stages of vertebral development?
Mesenchymal stage Chondrification stage Ossification stage
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What happens during the mesenchymal stage/ primordial stage of vertebral development?
Somites form and sclerotomes develop | Lasts from 2nd to 3rd embryonic week
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What does the chondrification stage consist of?
Begins overall in the cervicothoracic region then proceeds upwards and downward Begins in 4 areas of the vertebrae
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Ossification of the vertebral BODIES begins at the ________ areas of the spine and proceeds upward and downward
Thoracolumbar
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Ossification of the vertebral ARCHES begins at the _______ regions of the spine and proceeds upward and downward
Cervicothoracic
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________ ossification begins prior to birth but may not be complete till after birth ________ ossification begins after birth. Most take place between the ages of 12 and 20
Primary | Secondary
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Most secondary ossification takes place when?
Between the ages of 12 and 20
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In the atlas (C1), what are the 3 primary centers of ossification?
1 in each lateral mass (2) | 1 in the anterior arch
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Axis, Epistropheus, C-2: has _____ primary centers and ______ secondary centers of ossification for a total of _______
5 primary 2 secondary Total of 7
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What is the term used for any failure of fusion of an ossification center, either primary or secondary?
Persistant epiphysis
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What is a failure of fusion of the primary center of ossification in which the odontoid process fails to fuse with the body of the axis?
Os Odontoidium
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What is a failure of the secondary ossification center of ossification in which the tip (apex) of the odontoid process fails to fuse with the rest of the odontoid process.
Os Terminale
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How many ossification centers are there for C3-T12? | Total? Primary? Secondary?
Total- 8 Primary- 3 Secondary- 5
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For C-3 through t-12: | 1 secondary ossification center in each epiphyseal plate fuses between ages of ______ and _____
16 and 20
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In C-3 to T-12: | 1 secondary center of ossification in the tip of each TVP fuses about the age of _____
16
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For C3 to T-12: | 1 secondary center of ossification in the tip of the SP fuses about the age of _____
16
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How many ossification centers are there for the lumbar spine? Total, primary, and secondary?
10 total, 5 primary and 5 secondary
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Lumbar spine, 5 primary centers: 1 in the center of the __________ 1 in each half of the __________ 1 in each _________
``` 5 primary centers: 1 in the center of the vertebral body 1 in each half of the vertebral arch 1 in each mamillary process (2) - posterior superior lateral aspect of the Superior AP ```
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Lumbar spine, 5 secondary ossification centers: 1 in each ________ 1 in each ______ 1 in the ______________
Lumbar spine, 5 secondary ossification centers: 1 in each epiphyseal plate 1 in each TVP 1 in the tip of the spinous process
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How many centers of ossification are there for the sacrum? Total, primary, secondary
49 total, 37 are primary, 12 are secondary
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Fusion of S1,2,4 occurs between the ages of _____ and ____
9 and 11
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Fusion of S-4 and 5 is between the ages of _____ and ______
18 and 20
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How many centers of ossification for the coccyx? Total, primary, secondary?
4 total centers, all primary
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Coccyx: Each primary center will enlarge and develop 1 every five years and all will be fused between the ages of _____ and _____
25 and 30
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At five weeks the upper and lower limbs have formed as what?
Fin like appendages pointing lateral and caudally
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At 6 weeks what do the limbs look like?
Limbs bend anteriorly, so elbows and knees point laterally, palms and soles face trunk
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At 7 weeks,, upper and lower limbs have undergone _________ about their long axes but in opposite directions so elbows point _____ and knees point ______
90 degree torsion Caudally Cranially
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At 8 weeks what does torsion of the lower limbs result in?
Twisted or barber pole arrangement of their cutaneous innervation
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In the axis (Epistropheus, C-2), primary centers of ossification: 1 in each half of the _________ 1 in the center of the ________ 2 at the base of the _______
1 in each half of the vertebral arch 1 in the center of the vertebral body 2 at the base of the odontoid process
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Axis (Epistropheus, C-2), secondary centers of ossification Begins about the age of _____ and completed by age ____ 1 located in the __________ 1 located at the _______
Begins about the age of 2 and completed by age 12 1 located in the apex of the odontoid process 1 located at the anterior inferior lip

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