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Vertebral anatomy
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Body, neural or vertebral arch, laminae, pedicles,
Vertebral foramen, spinous process, transverse process, inferior and superior articular process, intervertebral foramen |
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Spina bifida
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Vertebral laminae fail to fuse; neural arch is incomplete; meninges and spinal cord bulged out; congenital or genetic; surgically fixed
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Cervical spine (breakfast at 7 am)
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C-1 to C-7; small vertebral body; transverse foramen; split bifid spinous process; large vertebral canal or foramen
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Atlantoaxial joint
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Transverse ligament of C-1 joins dense of C-2; C-1 or atlas; has no body; make you say “yes”; C-2 or Axial; has dense or “tooth”; makes you say “no”
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Thoracic vertebrae (lunch at 12 noon)
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T-1 to T-12 has transverse process that articulates with 12 pairs of ribs; has smaller vertebral foramen than cervical
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Lumbar vertebrae (dinner at 5 pm)
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L-1 to L-5; massive body to hold wt; spinal cord ends at L-2 or L-3; smaller vertebral foramen than thoracic
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Sacral veretbra (1 bone)
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Formed by fusion of 5 sacral vertebrae at age 21; 4 transverse foramen; CSF and meninges in the sacral canal; articulates to hip bone to attach lower appendicular to the axial skeleton
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Coccyx (1 bone)
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Formed by fusion of 3-5 bones; called “tail bone”; part of pelvis; may break during labor
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Thoracic skeleton (25 bones)
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1 sternum; 12 pairs of ribs; costal cartilage made of hyaline; thoracic vertebrae to hold ribs posteriorly
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24 ribs (12 pairs)
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Ribs #1 to 7 are vertebrosternal or true ribs; ribs #8 to 10 are vertebrochondral or false ribs; ribs #11 to 12 are vertebral or floating ribs
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