Vertebral Anatomy
The two main parts of a typical vertebra.
What are the body and vertebral arch?
Number of cervical vertebrae in the human body.
What is seven?
Number of thoracic vertebrae in the human body.
What is 12?
This type of curvature is found in the cervical and lumbar spine.
What is lordotic?
This projection best demonstrates C1 and C2.
Two parts that forms the vertebral foramen.
What is the body and vertebral arch?
A unique feature that C2 (axis) have.
What is the odontoid process (dens)?
A distinctive feature of thoracic vertebrae.
What is rib articulations?
This is a condition of an exaggerated thoracic curvature.
What is kyphosis (humpback)?
This projection is best for cervical zygapophyseal joints C2-C7.
What is lateral?
The parts that form the vertebral arch.
What are the two pedicles and two laminae?
This projection will demonstrate the zygapophyseal joints of C1 and C2.
What is AP open mouth?
These thoracic vertebrae are considered typical t-spine verebrae.
What is T5-T8?
An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
What is scoliosis?
This projection demonstrates cervical intervertebral foramina.
What is 45 degree oblique with 15-20 degree angle?
The structure that encloses the spinal cord.
What is the vertebral canal?
The angle(s) at which the cervical intervertebral foramina are situated.
What is 45 degrees midsagittal and 15 to 20 degrees inferiorly?
The joints that ribs 1-10 articulate with.
What are costovertebral and costotransverse joints?
Terms for scoliosis curvatures to the right and left.
What is dextroscoliosis and levoscoliosis?
This projection will demonstrate t-spine zygapophyseal joints.
What is oblique? (20 degree rotation from lateral to create 70 degree oblique)
What are transverse foramina and bifid spinous process tips?
This vertebra is known as the atlas.
What is C1?
The thoracic spinous processes point in this direction.
What is caudally?
The number of normal spinal curves in the human body.
What is four?
A technique used to help improve image quality in lateral t-spine radiographs.
What is orthostatic breathing technique?