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Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Vertebra Injuries
100
Injury to the cervical nerve can paralyze these limbs?
Arms and Legs
100
Thoracic vertebrae is located between what?
Cervical and lumbar
100
Lumbar vertebrae are the largest segments of the vertebral column (True/False)
True
100
Getting in a car accident can cause you to sustain an injury to what column of the vertebrae?
Cervical
200
Most common type of injury to the cervical column?
Whiplash
200
How many thoracic vertebrae's are there?
12
200
The lumbar vertebrae is located between what?
rib cage and the pelvis
200
Most spinal cord injuries are caused by... (Double jeopardy)
motor vehicle crashes, falls, assaults, or sports injuries.
300
Cervical column is located what to the skull?
Inferior
300
what is the name commonly used for paralysis in trunk and legs?
paraplegia
300
How many lumbar vertebrae's are there?
5
300
How many vertebrae are there in the cervical, thoracic?
25
400
How many cervical vertebrae are there?
8
400
Sustaining an injury to the thoracic vertebrae is common in ____ sports (Double Jeopardy)
Contact
400
Lumbar stress factures are caused by...
overuse
400
The spinal cord consist of the _____ Nervous System
Central
500
When all four limbs are paralyzed it is called?
tetraplegia or quadriplegia
500
This area of the vertebrae is most commonly fractured
Thoracic
500
Lumbar vertebrae are characterized by the absence of the..
foramen transversarium
500
Spinal cord injuries can be divided into two types of injury. What are they?
Complete and Incomplete