Vertebral Column

Question 1

How many individual bones make up the vertebral column?

Answer 1

33

Question 2

What are the names of the 5 regions of the spine?

Answer 2

Cervical (7)
Thoracic (12)
Lumbar (5)
Sacral (5)
Coccygeal (4)

Question 3

What is the vertical foramen?

Answer 3

A large cavity in the spinal column that houses the spinal cord

Question 4

Through which parts of the vertebral column does the vertical foramen pass?

Answer 4

Cervical Spine
Thoracic Spine
Lumbar Spine

Question 5

What is different about the bones of the coccyx and sacral area of the vertebral column?

Answer 5

They are normally fused together

Question 6

What are the numbers of bones split between the sections of the vertebrae?

Answer 6

Cervical =

Question 7

What are the alternative names for C1 and C2

Answer 7

Atlas

Axis

Question 8

What is the alternative name for C7

Answer 8

Vertibral prominens

Question 9

Which are the largest bones in the vertebrae and why?

Answer 9

Lumbar vertebrae because they have to support the weight of the upper body

Question 10

How do the intervertebral discs protect the brain?

Answer 10

They act as shock absorbers

Question 11

What is a pedicle of a vertebrae?

Answer 11

A stub of bone that connects the lamina to the vertebral body to form the vertebral arch.

Question 12

Why do adjacent vertebrae intevertabral foramina?

Answer 12

To provide access to the spinal cord for spinal nerves, blood vessels and lymph vessels