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8 Cards in this Set
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What are the curvatures of the spine? How many and where? |
4 total -2 Primary or congenital are thoracic and sacral -2 Secondary or acquired are cervical and lumbar |
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What are the 3 parts of a typical vertebra? |
-Vertebral body -Vertebral arce (2+2) -7 bony processes (2+2+2+1) |
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Structures found in a vertebral arch |
-2 pedicales- closer to vertebral body -2 laminae- closer to spinous process |
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What are the 7 bony processes? |
-2 superior articular processes -2 inferior articular processes -2 transverse processes -1 spinous process |
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What are the two major types of joints between vertebrae |
-Symphyses between vertebral bodies -Synovial between articular processes |
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Where is the nucleus pulposus located? |
-It fills center of intervertebral disk, but sits closer to the dorsal surface of the spine. It is gelatinous and absorbs compression between vertebrae |
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What is the anulus fibrosus and where is it located? |
-Fibers that surround the nucleus pulposus, consist of collages surrounding a wider zone of fibrocartilage arranged lamellar configuration |
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Unique features of typical vertebra |
-Transverse foramen -Unicinate processes are upturned, -Large triangular vertebral foramen -Bifid spinous process -Bifid transverse process -Smallest body |
