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21 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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4 types of vertebral curves
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lumbar and cervical- anterior convex
thoracic and sacral- anterior concave |
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all curves are fully developed by age
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10
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fetus only has ____ curve
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1 concave curve
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cervical spine includes
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1- atlas
2-axis 3-6 structural pattern 7-vertebra prominens |
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cervical vertebrae have
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smaller bodies but larger canals
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atlas
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allows you to do nodding movement yes
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axis
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allows you to do side to side no motion
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thoracic vertebrae
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stronger and longer bodies
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lumbar vertebrae
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are the strongest and largest, short and fat for best lower back motion
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sacrum
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fuses together by age 30, sacral canal ends at sacral hiatus. wide part is the base, tip=apex
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Sacral ala
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wing , fused transverse processes
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Sacral tuberosity
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hip bones attach, with auricular surface
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coccyx is formed by
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fusing of coccygeal vertebrae
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caudal anesthesia
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epidural block in the back, into sacral hiatus
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thorax
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rib cage that protects your lungs and heart. includes ribs, sternum,costal cartilage
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ribs 1-7
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true ribs , vertebrosternal
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ribs 8-12
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false ribs vertebechondral
11-12 are floating |
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sternum has 3 parts
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manubrium, body and xiphoid process
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manubrium
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ribs 1 and 2 and clavicular notch
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body
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costal cartilage of ribs 2-10
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xiphoid process
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ossifies by age 40, cpr position
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