Intervertebral Discs
The number of IVD between each vertebrae
1
Another name for C1
Atlas
The five sections of the spine.
Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, Coccygeal
12
The number of lumbar vertebrae.
5
C1 and the skull
The number of cervical vertebrae.
7
Name the curvatures of the spine and which section of the spine they occur at.
Kyphotic (thoracic and sacro-coccygeal) and Lordotic (cervical and Lumbar).
The characteristics of thoracic spinous processes.
They are longer and more vertically inclined.
The lumbar vertebrae are the __________ of all the vertebrae.
Largest
The purposes of the IVD
Acts as a spacer, absorbs shock
What do all cervical vertebrae have?
A bifid spinous process
A transverse process foramen
The main function of the spinal columb.
To maintain the body in a upright position with the brain located over the body's center of gravity.
Thoracic vertebrae have these but cervical and lumbar do not.
Costal Facets
The lumbar vertebrae do not have these but the thoracic vertebrae do.
Transverse process foramen and costal facets
The inner portion of the disc, consists of a soft, pulpy, elastic tissue
Nucleus Pulposus
What is special about C7?
It has a very long spinous process
The number of vertebrae that make up the spine.
33
Kyphotic
The injury that is more common in the lumbar vertebrae than the thoracic and cervical vertebrae.
Spondylolysis
The other portion of the disc that consists of fibrous tissue.
The large bony process between the 2 articular surfaces of the axis.
Dens
Curvatures of the spine are viewed from which angle?
Laterally
Define kyphosis
Exaggerated, forward rounding of the spine
The curvature of the lumbar spine.
Lordotic