Quiz #2

Question 1

How many bones make up the vertebral column?

Answer 1

26

Question 2

How many true (movable) vertebrae are there?

Answer 2

24

Question 3

How many total vertebrae are there?

Answer 3

33

Question 4

Functions of the spine (4)

Answer 4

1. Provides support for the body
2. Supports weight of head
3. Helps transfer axial skeleton weight to appendicular skeleton of the lower limbs
4. Housing and protecting spinal cord

Question 5

How many regions are there in the vertebral column?

Answer 5

5

Question 6

What are the 5 regions of the vertebral column?

Answer 6

Cervical Region
Thoracic Region
Lumbar Region
Sacral Region
Coccygeal Region

Question 7

How many vertebrae are in the cervical region?

Answer 7

7

Question 8

How many vertebrae are in the thoracic region?

Answer 8

12

Question 9

How many vertebrae are in the lumbar region?

Answer 9

5

Question 10

How many vertebrae are in the sacral region?

Answer 10

5

Question 11

How many vertebrae are in the coccygeal region?

Answer 11

4

Question 12

From superior to inferior list the four curvatures of the spine as seen in a lateral view

Answer 12

Cervical curvature
thoracic curvature
lumbar curvature
sacral curvature

Question 13

What are the primary curves? (Which curves develop in the womb)

Answer 13

Thoracic Curve
Sacral Curve

Question 14

What are the secondary curves? (Which curves develop after birth)

Answer 14

Cervical curve
Lumbar curve

Question 15

What is the anterior, cylindrical weight-bearing portion of a vertebra?

Answer 15

Body

Question 16

What two lateral structures of a vertebra form the pillars of the passageway for the spinal cord?

Answer 16

Pedicles

Question 17

On a vertebra what structures extend from the lateral pillars to the midline?

Answer 17

Laminae

Question 18

Together the posteriorly projecting pillars and the extensions to the midline form what structure?

Answer 18

Vertebral arch

Question 19

Together the posteriorly projecting pillars and the extensions to the midline form what passageway within a vertebra?

Answer 19

Vertebral Foramen

Question 20

The vertebrae form what collective passageway for the spinal cord?

Answer 20

Vertebral canal

Question 21

Adjacent vertebrae form what passageways for spinal nerves?

Answer 21

Intervertebral foramina

Question 22

What posteriorly projecting structures of the vertebrae can be palpated?

Answer 22

Spinous Processes

Question 23

What lateral projections occur on each vertebra

Answer 23

Transverse processes

Question 24

What processes of a vertebra form synovial joints with the vertebrae immediately superior and inferior it?

Answer 24

Superior and inferior articular processes

Question 25

What smooth, flat (or nearly flat), articular surfaces occur on the vertebra?

Answer 25

Articular Facets

Question 26

What are the pads of fibrocartilage between vertebrae?

Answer 26

Intervertebral discs

Question 27

What is the outer ring of fibrocartilage within an intervertebral disc?

Answer 27

Anulus Fibrosus (Donut)

Question 28

What is the inner, circular region of an intervertebral disc?

Answer 28

Nucleus Pulposus (Jelly)

Question 29

What forms the top and bottom, portions of an intervertebral disc?

Answer 29

Cartilaginous end plate

Question 30

What structure separate the bodies of the vertebrae from C2-C3 to L5-S1?

Answer 30

Intervertebral discs

Question 31

What are the three components of an intervertebral disc?

Answer 31

Anulus fibrosus Nucleus Pulposus Cartilaginous end plate