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17 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Atlas
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A ringlike structure with no vertebral body and z very short spinous process called the posterior tubercle. C1
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Axis
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C2: The vertebra on which the atlas rotates, allowing the head to turn.
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Cervical spine
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The most superior region of the vertebral column. It supports the head and the structures of the neck. Consists of 7 vertabra and has a lordotic curve.
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Coccyx
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The most inferior portion of the spine, is approximately the size of the fifth finger.
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Dens
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Superior to the body of the axis is a toothlike projection called this...
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Facet
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The spinous process projects posteriorly and inferiorly from the junction of the lamina. Four articular processes extend superiorly and inferiorly from the junction of the pedicles and lamina. The articular surfaces of these processes is called this...
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Intervertebral disk
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The vertebrae are cushioned anteriorly, between the bodies, by pads of fibrocartilage called this...
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Kyphotic curve, kyphosis
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One that is convex posteriorly
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Lamina
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Posterior to the body is a ring of bone called the vertebral arch. It is formed by the pedicles, which attach to the body on either side, and by the this posteriorly.
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Lordotic curve, lordosis
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A curvature that is convex (bowing outward) anteriorly
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Lumbar spine
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Consists of 5 vertebrae and has a lordotic curve.
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Pedicle
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C3-C7 are typical cervical vertebrae. The articular processes extend superiorly and inferiorly from a point posterior to the transverse process at the junction of the -blank- and the lumina.
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Sacrum
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Consists of 5 sacral vertebrae. In an adult, they are fused into a solid body structure.
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Scoliosis
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An abnormal lateral curvature which results from rotation of a lordotic and/or kyphotic curve.
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Stenosis
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Narrowing of the intervertebral foramina.
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Thoracic spine
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Is sometimes also referred to as the dorsal spine. It consists of 12 vertebrae and has a kyphotic curve.
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Vertebra (pl. vertebrae)
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Irregular shaped bones
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