The Back

Question 1

Describe the features of a typical cervial vertebrae

Answer 1

Vertebral body

• short in height
• square shaped
• concave superior surface and convex inferior surfce

Transverse process

• Trough shape
• round foramen transversarium

Short and bifid spinous process

Triangular vertebral foramen

Question 2

Describe the features of a typical thoracic vertebrae

Answer 2

• heart shaped vertebral body
• circular vertebral foramen
• Two partial facets on wach side of the vertebral body
  
  • Superior costal facet (larger)
  • Inferior costla facet

Transverse process

• transverse costal facet for articulation of its own rib

Question 3

Describe the features of a typical lumbar vertebrae

Answer 3

Large size

thin and long transverse process (exc L5)

Cylindrical vertebral vody

Larger and triangular vertebral foramen

Question 4

Describe atlas

Question 5

Describe axis

Question 6

Describe the seventh cervical vertebrae

Question 7

identify the surface anatomy of the vertebral column

Question 8

Identify the major curvatures of the vertebral colum

Question 9

Describe the articulations of the vertebral joints

Question 10

Short ligments of the spine

Answer 10

ligamentum flavum

• pass between the laminae of adjacent vertebrae
• runs between the posterior surface of the vertebra below and the anterior surface of the lamina of the verbrae above

Supraspinous

interspinous

Question 11

Long ligaments of the spine

Answer 11

Anterior longitudinal ligament

• attached superiorly to the base of the skull and extends inferiorly to attach to the aanterior surface of the sacrum

Posterior longitudinal ligament

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Question 12

Ligaments in the cervical region