Flashcards in Exam 2 Quizzys Deck (40)
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What nerve indents the articular pillar of typical cervical vertebrae
The medial branch of the dorsal ramus of cervical spinal nerve
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What is the classic angular ion of typical cervical articular facets
40-45 degrees from the coronal plane
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Recent work suggests what angulation for typical cervical articular facets
55-60 degrees
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What is the orientation of a typical cervical superior articular facet
BUM
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What is the orientation of the typical cervical inferior articular facet
FoLD
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What muscles will attach to typical cervical articular processes
The longissmus Capitis, Cervicis and semispinalis Capitis Cervicis, Multifidus, rotators
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What muscles blend with the capsular ligament of cervical zygapophyses
The semispinalis Capitis, Multifidus and rotator long us
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What is the joint classification for the typical cervical zygapophyses
Synovial plane (diarthrosis arthodial) joint
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What modifications of the synovial joint are observed in the cervical spine
Meniscoidal fold so
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What function will meniscoidal folds provide in cervical zygapophyses
They are assumed to distribute pressure across the joint surface
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The greatest range of flexion-extension in cervical spine
Typically C5/C6
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What motions are coupled in the cervical spine
Lateral bending and axial rotation
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Ranges of coupled motion among the typical cervical spine will begin to decrease at what vertebral couples
C2/C3, C3/C4, C4/C5
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What is the usual condition for the Caucasian typical spinous process in cervical spine
They are bifid
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What is the usual condition of spinous processes in Blacks for cervicals
They are non bifid
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What muscles attach to a typical cervical spinous process
The spirals Cervicis, semispinalis Cervicis, semispinalis thoracis, Multifidus, rotators, and inter spinels
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What ligaments will attach to the typical cervical spinous process
The inter spinous ligament and ligamentum nuchae
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What will form the posterior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen
The inferior articular process, superior articular process, capsular ligament and ligamentum flavor
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What will form the superior boundary in a typical cervical intervertebral foramen
The inferior vertebral notch
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What will form the inferior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen
The superior vertebral notch
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What will form the unique anterior boundary of a typical cervical intervertebral foramen
The uncinate process of the segment below and lateral groove of the segment above forms the joint of luschka
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What is the unique anterior boundary of the intervertebral foramen for the C4 spinal nerve
The lateral groove of C3 and uncinate process of C4 forming the joint of Luschka
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What is the name of the first cervical vertebrae
Atlas
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What features are lacking at C1
Vertebral body, pedicels, a spinous process and the intervertebral disc
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What is thought to represent the pedicel at C1
Anterior arch
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What osseous modification is observed to the front of the anterior arch of C1
The anterior tubercle
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What muscles attaches to the anterior arch of C1
Longus Colli
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What ligaments will attach to the anterior arch of C1
The anterior longitudinal ligament, anterior Atlanta-occipital and anterior Atlanta-axial
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What is observed on the back of the anterior arch of C1
The fovea dentis
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