Bones and Landmarks
Joints and Ligaments
Muscles of the Neck and Trunk
Pathological Conditions
Anatomical Relationships
100
The opening formed by joining of the body and neural arch through which the spinal cord passes.
What is the vertebral foramen?
100
This ligament forms the anterior boundary of the vertebral foramen.
What is the posterior longitudinal ligament?
100
The action of the anterior neck and trunk muscles when contracted bilaterally.
What is flexion in the sagittal plane?
100
The most likely direction of a intervertebral disc bulge.
What is the posterior/lateral direction?
100
The most superficial muscle in the anterior neck.
What is the platysma?
200
The large vertical projection located anteriorly on the axis.
What is the dens?
200
This ligamentous structure is located in the posterior aspect of the cervical spine between and superficial to the spinous processes.
What is the ligamentum nuchae?
200
The action of the right superior oblique muscle.
What is ipsilateral sidebending and contralateral rotation?
200
A general term describing a degenerative disorder or vertebral disorder.
What is spondylosis?
200
The muscle found deep to the internal oblique muscle.
What is the transverse abdominis?
300
The most prominent spinous process when performing a posterior palpation of the neck and trunk.
What is C7 or vertebra prominens.
300
The type of joint formed by the articulation of two adjacent vertebral bodies.
What is an amphiarthrodial joint?
300
The combined action of the the left sternocleidomastoid and right splenius capitis.
What is right rotation of the head and neck?
300
A narrowing of the vertebral foramen.
What is spinal stenosis?
300
The muscles most likely at fault if your patient has decreased trunk flexion AROM in the supine position.
What is weakness of the trunk flexors and tightness of the trunk extensors?
400
Depressions located on the superior and inferior surfaces of the pedicle, forming the intervertebral foramen.
What are the vertebral notches?
400
The arthrokinematic motions seen in the facet joints when a person performs rotation to the right at the level of C5 and C6.
What is the left facet of C5 gliding forward and the right facet of C5 gliding backward?
400
The combined function of the all abdominal musculature.
What is stabilization of the pelvis (therefore spine)?
400
The most likely structure affected by a degenerative condition in the lumbar spine.
What is the intervertebral disc?
400
These muscles comprise the deepest layer of muscles in the trunk.
What are interspinales and intertranversarii?
500
How can one best differentiate between the spinous processes of the cervical vertebrae from the other vertebrae in the trunk.
What are bifid cervical spinous processes?
500
The ligament that is most likely injured with the application of an excessive force to the trunk from a posterior to anterior direction.
What is the anterior longitudinal ligament?
500
The actions of the longus colli muscle.
What is neck flexion and mechanoreception for other cervical muscles?
500
The most likely site of spondylolisthesis.
What is L5 on S1?
500
The neck muscles that are most likely weak in the presence of a forward head posture.
What are the cervical and capital flexors?
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