Topic 10: Skeletal System - Axial Skeleton (Vertebral Column)

Question 1

How many vertebrae are in a vertebral column?

Answer 1

26

Question 2

Name the 5 regions of the vertebral column and how many bones there are.

Answer 2

• Cervical (7)
• thoracic (12)
• lumbar (5)
• sacrum (1)
• coccyx (1)

Question 3

What is the body of the vertebral column?

Answer 3

thick anterior portion

Question 4

What is the spinous process (1)?

Answer 4

• median posterior projection

Question 5

What are the transverse processes (2) ?

Answer 5

• lateral bony projections for muscle attachment

Question 6

What are the laminae (2)?

Answer 6

• connects the two processes

Question 7

What are the pedicles (2) ?

Answer 7

• connects body to transverse process

Question 8

What is the vertebral foramen

Answer 8

• hole for spinal cord (not part of bone)

Question 9

What are the superior and inferior articular facets?

Answer 9

• articulate with vertebrae above and below

Question 10

What are intervertebral foramina?

Answer 10

• exit for spinal nerves