Nerve Supply of Vertebral Joint Flashcards
WEEK 4 (37 cards)
What is Between Vertebral Bodies
What’s posterior to Zygapophyseal joints?
dorsal rami of spinal nerves (medial branch)
Which layers of muscles are affected by dorsal rami nerve?
Layer 2, 3, 4
Primary Curvatures of the Vertebral Column?
Thoracic and Sacral
Abnormal Curvatures
Kyphosis
Lordosis
Scoliosis
Movement of Vertebral Column (4)
Flexion
Extension
Lateral Flexion
Rotation
Flexion if greatest in which region?
Cervical region
Extension if greatest in which region?
Lumbar and cervical region
Lateral Flexion if greatest in which region?
Lumbar and cervical
Rotation if greatest in which region?
Thoracic region
Main motion in the atlano-occipital joint?
Yes movement
Main motion in the atlano-axial joint?
Rotation
What type of cartilage covers articular surface of bodies adjacent vertebrae?
Hyaline
Hyaline
type of connective tissue, glossy pearl-gray or blue-white in appearance and resilient, found on surfaces of joints and in the cartilage making up the fetal skeleton
What is the intervertebral disc made of?
fibrous joint connected by ligament classified
syndesmosis joint
syndesmosis joint
fibro cartilage, long, strong
suture joint
short and strong
Symphysis
Symphysial joints are where the bones are united by a layer of fibrocartilage
Ligament that is anterior to the spinal cord?
ALL
PLL
Interspinous ligament