WEEK 1 - TYPICAL COMPONENTS OF A VERTEBRA

Question 1

Vertebral Body (Type of Landmark & Function)

Answer 1

Type of landmark:
Articular Surface.
Function:
Forms Joint.
Transfer of weight.

Question 2

Lamina (Type of Landmark & Function)

Answer 2

Type of landmark:
Nil.
Function:
Forms boundary to vertebral foramen.

Question 3

Pedicle (Type of Landmark & Function)

Answer 3

Type of landmark:
Nil.
Function:
Forms a boundary to vertebral foramen.

Question 4

Spinous Process (Type of Landmark & Function)

Answer 4

Type of landmark:
Protuberance.
Function:
Attachment for muscles and ligaments.

Question 5

Transverse Process (Type of Landmark & Function)

Answer 5

Type of landmark:
Protuberance.
Function:
Attachment for Ligaments + Muscles.

Question 6

Vertebral Foramen (Type of Landmark & Function)

Answer 6

Type of landmark:
Depression.
Function:
Passage of spinal cord.

Question 7

Superior and Inferior Vertebral Notches (Type of Landmark & Function)

Answer 7

Type of landmark:
Depression.
Function:
Forms boundary to intervertebral foramen.
Transmits spinal nerves.

Question 8

Superior and inferior articular process (Type of Landmark & Function)

Answer 8

Type of landmark:
Articular surface.
Function:
Forms joints between inferior and superior counterpart.

Question 9

Superior and inferior articular facet (Type of Landmark & Function)

Answer 9

Type of landmark:
Articular surface.
Function:
Provide structural stability.
Forms facet joint.