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7 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
How many vertebrae? True vertebrae?
Cervical? Thoracic? Lumbar? Sacral? |
33 total: 24 true
7 cervical 12 thoracic 5 lumbar 5 sacral = sacrum 4 coccygeal= coccyx |
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What spinous feature will a baby develop after birth around 9-12 months?
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cervical and lumbar convexities
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What type of cartilage forms the intervertebral disk?
What composes the disc? |
fibrocartilage
nucleus pulposus annulus fibrosus |
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What kind of cartilage if located on facets on the vertebrae?
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hyaline cartilage
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What passes through the formamin transversarium
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vertebral vein through all cervical vertebrae except C7
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Where is intervertebral disk not located?
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between skull and C1 and between C1 and C2
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What ligament prevents the dens from pressing on the spinal cord?
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cruciate ligament
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