Vertebrae System Flashcards
(27 cards)
How many ribs are there?
12
Name 3 parts of sternum
Manubrium
Body
Xiphoid process
How many ribs are true?
7
How many ribs are false? And how many of the false are floating?
5 false
2 floating
What is the costal cartilage made of?
Hyaline
How many thoracic vertebrae are there?
12
What is the space beneath the rib cage called?
Thoracic cavity
Cervical vertebrae
Neck 7 1st is the atlas, 2nd is the axis Traverse foramen Bifricated spine
Thoracic vertebrae?
Back
Articulate with ribs
12
Sharp spines, pronounced processes
Lumbar vertebrae
Lower back (small of back) 5 Large Blunt process Big body or centrum
Sacrum
Articulates with the pelvis
4-5 fused vertebrae
Sacral foramina
coccyx
Below the sacrum, it’s the tailbone
2-4 fused vertebrae
What are the intervertebral foramen?
Spinal nerves, holes in vertebrae
What are the intervertebral discs?
Fibrocartilage in between vertebrae (annulus fibrosis), fluid inside (gel like & called nucleus palposus)
What is the body of the vertebrae?
The largest space
What is the spine?
The longest point on the vertebrae
Pedicle
Space between transverse process and the body
What is the Lamina?
Space between intervertebral facet and spine
Traverse process
Points on outsides of vertebrae (on both sides of spine)
Where is the medial sacred crest?
The middle line of the sacrum
What are the sacral foramen?
Holes in the sacrum
Articular facets
The flat processes on the vertebrae
Atlas
Spaceship of the cervical vertebrae
Axis
Pointy side of cervical vertebrae
