vertebral column Flashcards
(38 cards)
solid anterior part, shape like a cylinder-with flat posterior surface
body of vertebra/centrum
two flattened plates of bone, passing toward the midline from posterior
from each pedicle
two laminae or plates
thick rounded extension passing back
pedicles or root
opening behind the body, enclosed by the arch
vertebral foramen
formed by the curved upper and lower border of the pedicles
vertebral notches
are two bones one on each side extending laterally, junction of pedicle and lamina
transverse processes
project upward toward head
superior articular processes
project upward toward head
superior articular processes
project downward from the bases
inferior articular processes
project downward from the bases
inferior articular processes
back from the posterior border of vertebral arch, junction of two laminae
spinous process
this correspond an imaginary line
scotty dog
small somewhat oblong bodies with their spinous processes
cervical vertebrae
true oblique of the lumbar vertebrae it demonstrate the?
scotty dog
it is a composite bone formed from the fusion of five vertebrae
sacrum
made up of five fused bodies
body of sacrum
anatomical landmark for obstetricians
sacral promontory
passage that extends from top to bottom of the sacrum
sacral canal
are 16 openings, 8 in front and 8 posteriorly
sacral foramina
sacrum lateral to the foramina that corresponds to a fused transverse processes
lateral masses
winglike upper parts of the lateral masses, extend laterally from the 1st sacral segment
ala/ alae/wing
2 processes extend from the upper sacrum to form the joint with the fifth lumbar body
superior articular processes
two small projection, extend down from the lower sacrum
cornua/cornu
condyles of the occipital bone, superior surface of the lateral part of c1
atlanto occipital joint