Vertebral Column
How many divisions are there of the vertebral column?
5
What are the four spinal curvatures?
What is the vertebral foramen?
Opening enclosed by body with vertebral arch
What is the distinguishing feature of cervical vertebrae?
Transverse foramina
What type of bones are ribs?
Flat
How many cervical vertebrae are there?
7
What are the primary curvatures?
Thoracic and sacral
Las vértebras se apilan y sus orificios centrales se alinean para crear el canal vertebral, un túnel que protege la médula espinal.
Atlas
Which ribs are true ribs?
1-7
What does the thoracic vertebrae articulate with?
What are the secondary curvatures?
Cervical and lumbar
En la columna, por donde pasan nervios raquídeos hacia el cuerpo
Agujeros intervertebrales
Which vertebrae allows the head to shake "no"?
Axis
Which ribs are false ribs? Which of these are floating?
8-10 and 11-12
How many vertebrae make up the sacrum?
5
What is an exaggerated thoracic curvature known as hunchback?
Kyphosis
What is the difference between the spinous process and transverse process?
The spinous process projects posteriorly from the laminae junction and the transverse process has lateral projections on both sides of the vertebral arch
Which type of vertebrae is the largest?
Lumbar
Where is the neck of the ribs?
Between the head and tubercle
Cuales son las otras formas de nombrar a la columna vertebral
espina dorsal, columna espinal, o raquis.
What is an exaggerated lumbar curvature called swayback >> espalda hundida>?
Lordosis
What are pads of fibrocartilage separating vertebral bodies?
Intervertebral discs
Nombra todos los componentes de una vertebra
ARCO ( compuesto por pedículos y láminas), se unen las Apófisis : la apófisis espinosa, las dos apófisis transversas y las cuatro apófisis articulares (dos superiores y dos inferiores)
¿Para qué sirven las costillas?
Proteccion de organos, soporte estructural y funcion respiratoria