Thorax and Pelvis

Question 1

How many moveable vertebrae are there?

Answer 1

24

Question 2

How many fixed vertebrae are there?

Answer 2

9

Question 3

From superior to inferior, name the three sections of the upper spine composed of movable vertebrae.

Answer 3

cervical, thoracic, lumbar

Question 4

How many vertebrae compose the cervical spine?

Answer 4

7

Question 5

How many vertebrae compose the thoracic spine?

Answer 5

12

Question 6

How many vertebrae compose the lumbar spine?

Answer 6

5

Question 7

What is the name of the area highlighted in blue?

Answer 7

the vertibral body

Question 8

What is the name of the area highlighted in blue?

Answer 8

the vertibral arch

Question 9

What is the name of this structure of the vertebrae?

Answer 9

the vertebral foramen

Question 10

What is the name of this structure of the vertebrae?

Answer 10

the transverse process

Question 11

What is the name of this structure of the vertebrae?

Answer 11

the superior articular facet

Question 12

What is the name of this structure of the vertebrae?

Answer 12

the spinous process

Question 13

What type of joint are the intervetebral discs?

Answer 13

cartiliginous

Question 14

What type of vertebrae is this?

Answer 14

cervical

Question 15

What type of vertebrae is this?

Answer 15

lumbar

Question 16

What type of vertebrae is this?

Answer 16

thoracic

Question 17

What is the name of this structure of the cervical vertebrae?

Answer 17

the transverse foramen

Question 18

What is the name of this structure of the cervical vertebrae?

Answer 18

the bifid spinous process

Question 19

What are the atlas and axis?

Answer 19

the C-1 and C-2 vertebrae

Question 20

What structure articulates between the atlas and axis of the spine?

Answer 20

the dens

Question 21

What are the areas of the thoracic vertebrae where the ribs sit called?

Answer 21

rib facets or costal pits

Question 22

What makes up the sacrum?

Answer 22

five fused vertebrae

Question 23

What are the names of the joints where the sacrum articulates with the pelvis?

Answer 23

sacroliac joints

Question 24

What is the name of the 3 or 4 segment structure below the sacrum?

Answer 24

the coccyx

Question 25

What are these ribs called?

Answer 25

true ribs

Question 26

What are these ribs called?

Answer 26

false ribs

Question 27

What are these ribs called?

Answer 27

floating ribs

Question 28

What is the groove on a rib called?

Answer 28

the costal groove

Question 29

The bulge just below the head of a rib is called what?

Answer 29

a tubercle

Question 30

The flat end of the rib is called the...

Answer 30

sternal end

Question 31

How are the ribs anchored to the sternum?

Answer 31

through a cartiliginous joint

Question 32

What is this section of the sternum called?

Answer 32

manubrium

Question 33

What is this section of the sternum called?

Answer 33

body

Question 34

What is this section of the sternum called?

Answer 34

xiphoid process

Question 35

What is the innominate bone?

Answer 35

the hip bone or pelvic bone

Question 36

What is this section of the hip bone called?

Answer 36

ilium

Question 37

What is this section of the hip bone called?

Answer 37

ischium

Question 38

What is this section of the hip bone called?

Answer 38

pubis

Question 39

The hollow in the hip bone where the top of the femur sits is called what?

Answer 39

acetabulum

Question 40

This little notchy bit is called what?

Answer 40

sciatic notch

Question 41

What is this hole called?

Answer 41

obturator foramen