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27 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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How many cervical vertebrae? |
7 |
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How many thoracic vertebrae are there? |
12 |
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How many lumbar vertebrae? |
5 |
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How many parts of the sacrum are there? |
5 |
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Function of the vertebral body? |
Support the weight of the body |
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What is the gap for the spinal cord called? |
Vertebral foramen |
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What part of the vertebrae encloses the spinal cord |
Neural arch and vertebral body |
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The mid part of the neural arch is called... |
The lamina |
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The part that connects the vertebral body to the rest is called... |
The pedicle |
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The notches in the pedicle form what when all connected? |
The intervertebral foramen |
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What is the significance of the intervertebral foramen? |
Spinal nerves leave the column here |
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What is the nose of the giraffe called? |
The spinous process |
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What are the ears called? |
The transverse process |
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The top of the vertebrae and the bottom are called the... How many are there? |
Articular processes, 4 |
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What type of joint occurs between the articular processes? |
Synovial |
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Which two points of the thoracic vertebrae articulate with the ribs? |
The transverse process and where the pedicle meets the body |
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What movement can the thoracic vertebrae achieve? |
Rotation, forward flexion and lateral flexion |
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Name one difference in the transverse processes of lumbar and thoracic |
Lumbar have smaller transverse processes |
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What restricts the rotation of the lumbar spine? |
The articular facets are angled inward and outward |
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What movements can the lumbar spine do? |
Forward and lateral flexion and extension |
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How many articular processes does the sacrum have? |
2 that interact with L5 |
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Which part of the sacrum articulates with the innominate bones? |
Auricular surface |
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How are the spinous processes joined? |
Interspinous ligament |
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The supraspinous ligament joins what? How long is it? |
Runs the length of the spine and joins the tips of the spinous processes |
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What ligaments hold the laminae together? |
Ligamentum flavum |
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How are the vertebral bodies held together? |
Anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments |
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What are the joints between the articular processes called? |
Posterior joints |
