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?
What type of bones are ribs?
Flat
How many cervical vertebrae are there?
7
What are the primary curvatures?
Thoracic and sacral
What is vertebral canal formed by?
Stacked vertebral foramina
Atlas
Which ribs are true ribs?
1-7
What does the thoracic vertebrae articulate with?
What are the secondary curvatures?
Cervical and lumbar
Intervertebral foramina
Which vertebrae allows the head to shake "no"?
Axis
Which ribs are false ribs? Which of these are floating?
8-12 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
What is another term for the coccyx?
Tailbone
What is an exaggerated lumbar curvature called swayback?
Lordosis
What are pads of fibrocartilage separating vertebral bodies?
Intervertebral discs
Narrow, pointed portion of the bone projecting inferiorly.
Apex
What is the site where the tubular shaft begins to curve?
The angle of the ribs