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15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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What is the first section of vertebrae called and how many bones is there?
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Cervical, 7 bones.
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How many bones are in the thoracic spine?
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12
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What is the order of the next 3 sections of the spine and how many bones to they each contain?
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lumber - 5
saccreal - 5 (fused) coccyseal - 3-4 (fused) |
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What is an abnormality of the vertebral bones called?
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Scoliosis.
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What is the name of the lateral opening in the spine where the dorsal and ventral root ganglion appear from?
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Vertebral foramen.
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What is the main tendon that covers the posterior surface of the spine?
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The posterior longitudinal tendon.
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What is the name of the part of bone which protrudes outwards and you can feel on your back?
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Spinous process.
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What is the part of the vertebrae that sticks out laterally?
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The transverse process.
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What are the two layers of muscles of the back?
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Superfical and deep.
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Do the superficial muscles attach to the spine?
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No
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Name the superficial muscles of the back.
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Lattisimus dorsi, levetor scapulae, trapezius and rhomboidus.
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Name the two main deep muscles of the back.
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Erector spinae and transversospinalis.
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What the the three types of injury to the intervertbral discs?
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Bulge no leakage.
Hermiation nucleus of the disc nearly bulges out from annulus fibrous and extrusion where the nucleus has leaked into the spinal cord area. |
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What is the structure of an intervertbral disc?
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Annulous fibrous surrounding a gel like center called the nucleus which is 90% water.
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What is the role of the annulous fibrous and the nucleus?
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The annulous fibrous provies the framwork of the joint and it keeps the vertebral discs together. The nucleus acts a shock absorber and keeps the dics apart so that they don't rub against each other.
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