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25 Cards in this Set
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Vertebral Column |
composed of 24 vertebrae: 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar |
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Sacrum & Coccyx |
part of spinal column, formed of fused vertebrae |
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Cervical Vertebrae |
No body, no SP, Atlas, Axis, most mobile and most accessible |
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Thoracic Vertebrae |
Bifed SPs, have transverse foramen, articulates with 12 ribs, minimal movement, protect internal organs |
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True Ribs |
Ribs 1-7 direct attachment to sternum |
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False Ribs |
8-12 indirect attachment to sternum |
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Floating Ribs |
11-12 no attachment to sternum |
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Lumbar Vertebrae |
big disc, weight distribution, large body, short SP, hatchet, large and stocky |
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Sternum |
Manubrium, body, xiphoid process, Angle of Louis lies between body and manubrium
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Lordotic Curve |
Cervical and lumbar vertebrae form this, concave posteriorly |
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Kyphotic Curve |
Thoracic vertebrae and sacrum form this, concave anteriorly |
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Neural (Vertebral) Arch |
Made up of the pedicles and laminae |
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Transverse Processes |
Located at the pedicle-lamina junctions |
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Spinous Processes |
located at the lamina-lamina junctions |
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Articular Processes |
Located at pedicle-lamina junctions |
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Facet Joints |
Apophyseal/zygpophyseal posterior synovial (gliding) joints formed by adjacent vertebrae connecting superior articular processes with inferior articular processes of the superior vertebrae |
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Intervertebral Discs |
pads between adjacent vertebral bodies, composed of a tough outer ring of fibrocartilage (annulus) and a gel-like inner portion (nucleus pulposis) |
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Intervertebral Foramen |
posterolateral "holes" formed between adjacent vertebrae to allow passage of spinal nerves and BVs to form the spinal column |
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Ligamentum Nuchae |
fin like sheet of CT that runs from the EOP to SP of C7, helps stabilize the head and neck and also serves as an attachment site for upper trapezius and splenius capitis |
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Supraspinous Ligament |
extends along the SPs from ligamentum buchae to the lumbar vertebrae |
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Abdominal Aorta |
located anterior to the vertebral bodies deep to the small intestine, carries blood to the abdomen and LEs |
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Thoracolumbar Aponeurosis |
broad flat diamond shaped tendon that runs from the sacrum and posterior iliac crest up to the lower thoracic vertebrae, surrounds the lower ERS muscles and is part of the origin of transverse abdomins and the internal obliques
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Anterior Longitudinal Ligament |
ligament that runs in front of the bodies |
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Posterior Longitudinal Ligament |
ligament that runs behind the bodies |
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Ligamentum Flava |
(yellow) ligament between the laminas |
