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Vertebae And Intervertebral Discs Flashcards

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How many cervical vertebraes are there?

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7

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How many thoracic lumbar sacral and coccygeal vertebraes are there

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Thoracic:12
Lumbar: 5
Sacral:5
Coccygeal: 4

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How many total vertebrae and vertebral bones are there

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33 vertebrae
26 bones

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In what order are the curves of the spine

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Lordotic, kyphotic, lordotic, kyphotic

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How many intervertebral discs are there

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23

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Where is the first intervertebral disc found

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Between C2 and C3

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What are intervertebral discs made from

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Fibrocartilage

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What type of joints are intervertebral joints

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Amphiarthrosis Cartilaginous Symphysis

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Where is the last intervertebral disc found

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Between L5 and S1

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10
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T/F there is an intervertebral disc between C1 and C2

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False, there is no disc because of the dens

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What vertebral curvature allows head extension

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Cervical lordosis

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12
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What curvature does a newborns spine have

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Newborn kyphosis (in flexion)

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13
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Which curvature does becoming upright promote

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Lumbar lordosis

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14
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What type of curves are PRIMARY curves

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Kyphotic curves

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What type of curves are SECONDARY curves

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Lordotic curves

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16
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By which age do spinal curves set

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Age 10

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17
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What positions are fundamental development

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Supine
Prone
Rolling
Quadruped
Crawling

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18
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What are the transitional postures

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Sitting
Kneeling
Squatting

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19
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What are the functional positions

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Vertical stance
Gait

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20
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What is the weight bearing part of the vertebra

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The body (centrum)

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21
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Where does the spinal cord pass

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Vertebral foramen

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22
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What forms the vertebral arch

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Lamina and pedicles

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23
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Which vertebra are often bifid

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C2-C6

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24
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Which cervical vertebrae is most prominent

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C7

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What is another name for C1
Atlas
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Which vertebrae has no body and no spinous process
C1
27
C1 does the ____ motion and C2 does the ___ motion
Yes, No
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What part of C2 is unique to this vertebra
Dens
29
What type of joint is the Atlanto-Axial joint
Diarthrosis synnovial pivot
30
Which part of the atlanto-axial joint could be damaged during whiplash
The transverse ligament
31
Which vertebrae articulate with the ribs
Thoracic
32
What movement does the T spine do
Rotation
33
In which plane are the facet joints in the lumbar vertebrae
In the sagittal plane
34
What movement does the lumbar spine do
Flexion/ extension
35
What age does the sacrum fully fuse by
30
36
What formed the median sacral crest
Spinous processes
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The fusion of the ___________ is what formed the alae
transverse processes
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Which level does the spinal n. end
L1/L2
39
What level is the sacral hiatus
S5
40
The Sacroiliac joint is a __________
Diarthrosis synnovial gliding joint
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Which process resumes regular height overnight
Osmosis
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Spondylosis is the ___
Permanent thinning of disc
43
What retains the nucleus pulposus
The annulus fibrosis
44
The nucleus pulposus equalizes ____
Stress
45
In a degenerated disc, the _____ is lost
cushion effect
46
What is a pre-herniated disc
A bulging disc
47
A thinning disc happens with __ and ____ reabsorb water
age, doesn't
48
Spondylolysis
Fractured pars interarticularis
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Spondylolisthesis
Complete break of pars interarticularis
50
The ______ _______ runs between laminae
ligamentum flavum
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What does the interspinous ligament fill
The gaps between the spinous processes
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Which ligament runs on top of the ligamentum nuchae
Supraspinous ligament
53
Which ligament limits side bending
intertransverse ligament
54
Which spinal ligament is inside the canal
Posterior longitudinal ligament
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Which vertebra is also known as the vertebra prominens
C7
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T2 is the level of the ___ angle of the scapula
Superior
57
T7 is the ___ angle of the scapula
Inferior
58
Both iliac crests form an imaginary line across ___________
L4/L5
59
the PSIS forms a line across __
S2
60
What area on the back is used to listen to the lungs
The triangle of auscultation

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