Structure
What is the name of the region of the spinal cord in which there are 7 vertebrae?
What is the cervical region.
What area of the spine functions to hold the rib cage and protects the heart and lungs?
What is the thoracic region of the spine.
What is a form of arthritis that primarily affects the ligaments and joints of the spine, especially the low back?
Ankylosing Spondylitis
What is the condition that causes the spine to curve sideways?
What is a scoliosis?
What percentage of the spine is made up of cartilage?
What is 25%?
What is the name of the spinal region in which there are 5 vertebrae and is also called the low back?
What is the lumbar region.
What is the region of the spine that functions to provide attachment for ligaments and muscles of the pelvic floor?
What is the coccyx.
What is a condition in which the disks, with age, lose their height and ability to cushion?
Degenerative Disk Disease
What is the name for the inward curving of the lower back?
What is Lordosis?
What is the number one cause of back pain in Americans?
What is trauma resulting from car accidents.
What is the area of the spine that is referred to as the tailbone?
What is the coccyx.
What is the area of the spine that functions to bear the weight of the body?
What is the lumbar region of the spine.
What is the condition in which the spinal canal narrows and pinches the nerves, resulting in back and leg pain?
Spinal Stenosis
What is the name for the forward rounding of the back; also called hunchback?
What is kyphosis?
What is the name of the first cervical (neck) vertebra which is just under the head; named after the Greek God who supported the weight of the world on his shoulders?
What is Atlas.
What is the area of the spine that consists of 12 vertebrae?
What is the thoracic region?
What is the area of the spine that functions to support the weight of the head?
What is the cervical spine.
What is the name for the pain, tingling, or numbness caused by irritation of the sciatic nerve in the low back?
Sciatica
What is the name of the spinal condition that can result from cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy?
What is Scoliosis?
What is the name of the second cervical vertebra; it has what is called the odontoid process in which the Atlas joint rotates?
What is the Axis.
What forms the back wall of the pelvis and also forms joints at the hip bone?
What is the sacrum.
What is the area of the spine that functions to connect the spine to the hip bones?
What is the sacral region of the spine?
What is the condition in which there is a breakdown of the cartilage of the joints and disks in the neck and low back, resulting in bone spurs?
Osteoarthritis