Quizzies (Typical Cervical Vertebrae C3-C6)

Question 0

Which mammals have more than seven cervical vertebrae?

Answer 0

Ant bear, three-toed sloth

Question 1

Which mammals have less than seven cervical vertebrae?

Answer 1

Two-toed sloth, manatee

Question 2

Which vertebrae are typical cervicals?

Answer 2

C3-C6

Question 3

Which vertebrae are atypical cervicals?

Answer 3

C1, C2, C7

Question 4

What is the shape of the typical cervical vertebral body from the cranial view?

Answer 4

Rectangular

Question 5

What is the appearance for the typical cervical vertebral body from the lateral view?

Answer 5

Posterior height is greater than anterior height by a few millimeters

Question 6

What would be the direction of the cervical curve based on osseous features?

Answer 6

Posterior or kyphotic

Question 7

What accounts for the direction of the typical cervical curve?

Answer 7

The intervertebral disc height

Question 8

What is the direction of the typical cervical curve?

Answer 8

Anterior or lordotic

Question 9

At which vertebral couple will the cervical curve again increase intervertebral disc height?

Answer 9

C5/C6

Question 10

What are the modifications of the superior epiphyseal rim of a typical cervical?

Answer 10

Anterior groove, posterior groove, right and left uncinate processes

Question 11

What are the names of the lateral modifications of the superior epiphyseal rim?

Answer 11

Uncinate process, uniform process, uncovertebral process, uncus or lateral lip

Question 12

What are the modifications of the inferior epiphyseal rim of a typical cervical?

Answer 12

Anterior lip, posterior lip, right and left lateral grooves

Question 13

What are the names given to the lateral modifications of the inferior epiphyseal rim?

Answer 13

Lateral groove or enchancrure

Question 14

What is the joint classification for the posterior lip-posterior groove articulation?

Answer 14

Fibrous (amphiarthrosis) syndesmosis

Question 15

What is the joint classification for the uncinate process-lateral groove articulation?

Answer 15

Modified synovial saddle (diarthrosis sellar)

Question 16

What is the joint classification for the spongy bone-intervertebral disc articulation?

Answer 16

Cartilaginous (amphiarthrosis) symphysis

Question 17

How many joint surfaces are present on the upper surface of a typical cervical vertebral body?

Answer 17

Five

Question 18

How many joint surfaces are present on the lower surface of a typical cervical vertebral body?

Answer 18

Five

Question 19

How many joint surfaces are present on the vertebral body of a typical cervical?

Answer 19

Ten

Question 20

How many synovial joint surfaces are present on the vertebral body of a typical cervical?

Answer 20

Four

Question 21

What muscle attaches to the typical cervical vertebral body?

Answer 21

The longus colli muscle

Question 22

What is the orientation and angulation of the pedicle of a typical cervical?

Answer 22

Posterolateral, 45 degrees

Question 23

What ligament attaches to the lamina of a typical cervical?

Answer 23

Ligamentum flavum

Question 24

What joint classification will be associated with the ligamentum flavum and its attachment?

Answer 24

Fibrous (amphiarthrosis) syndesmosis

Question 25

Ossification of the ligamentum flavum at the attachment site on the lamina will result in what feature?

Answer 25

Para-articular processes

Question 26

Ossification of the ligamentum flavum at the attachment site on the lamina will be associated with which classification of bone?

Answer 26

Accessory bone

Question 27

What is the outline of the vertebral foramen of a typical cervical vertebra?

Answer 27

Heart-shaped or triangular

Question 28

Ossification within the length of the ligamentum flavum will be associated with which classification of bone?

Answer 28

Heterotopic bone

Question 29

Which is the greatest diameter of the vertebral foramen of typical cervicals?

Answer 29

Transverse

Question 30

What soft tissue diameter mimics the outline of the typical cervical vertebral foramen?

Answer 30

The transverse diameter of the cervical enlargement of the spinal cord

Question 31

The greatest transverse diameter of the typical cervical vertebra occurs at ________?

Answer 31

C6

Question 32

The greatest frequency of osteophytes associated with the vertebral body occurs at which typical cervical vertebral couple?

Answer 32

C5/C6

Question 33

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

Answer 33

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

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Anterior scalene, longus capitis, longus colli, anterior intertransversarii

Question 35

What is the distal modification of the true transverse process of typical cervicals?

Answer 35

The posterior tubercle

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Splenius cervicis, iliocostalis cervicis, longissimus cervicis, levator scapula, middle scalene, posterior scalene, rotators, and posterior intertransversarii

Question 37

What muscles will attach to the costotransverse bar?

Answer 37

Middle scalene and posterior intertransversarii

Question 38

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

Answer 38

The pleurapophysis

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Sulcus for the ventral primary ramus of a cervical spinal nerve

Question 40

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

Answer 40

60 degrees anterolaterally (from midsagittal plane), 15 degrees inferiorly (from the horizontal plane)

Question 41

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

Answer 41

The carotid tubercle

Question 42

What will occupy the typical cervical vertebra transverse foramen?

Answer 42

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

Question 43

What is the name of the lamina-pedicle junction of typical cervical vertebrae?

Answer 43

The articular pillar

Question 44

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

Answer 44

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

Question 45

What nerve indents the articular pillar of a typical cervical vertebrae?

Answer 45

The medial branch of the dorsal ramus of a cervical spinal nerve

Question 46

What is the classic angulation of typical cervical articular facets?

Answer 46

40 to 45 degrees from the coronal plane

Question 47

What is the orientation of the typical cervical superior articular facet?

Answer 47

Backward, upward, medial (BUM)

Question 48

What is the orientation of the typical cervical inferior articular facet?

Answer 48

Forward, lateral, downward (FoLD)

Question 49

What muscles will attach to typical cervical articular processes?

Answer 49

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

Question 50

What muscles blend with the capsular ligament of cervical zygapophyses?

Answer 50

The semispinalis capitis, multifidis, and rotator longus

Question 51

What modifications of the synovial joint are observed in the cervical spine?

Answer 51

Meniscoidal folds

Question 52

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

Answer 52

Typically C5/C6

Question 53

What motions are coupled in the cervical spine?

Answer 53

Lateral bending and axial rotation

Question 54

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

Answer 54

The C2/C3, C3/C4, C4/C5 vertebral couples

Question 55

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

Answer 55

The C5/C6 vertebral couple

Question 56

What muscles may attach to the typical cervical spinous process?

Answer 56

The spinalis cervicis, semispinalis cervicis, semispinalis thoracis, multifidis, rotators, and interspinalis