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38 Cards in this Set
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Name the green vertebral region
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Cervical
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Name the orange vertebral region
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Thoracic (12 vertebrae)
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Name the pink vertebral region
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Lumbar (5 vertebrae)
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Name the blue bone
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Sacrum
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What's the purple thing?
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The Coccyx!
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Increase convexity of thoracic curvature (abnormality)
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Kyphosis
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Increase concavity of lumbar curvature (abnormality)
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Lordosis
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Contributing factors of Kyphosis
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poor habit and aging
compression fracture of the thoracic vertebra from osteoporosis |
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Contributing factors of Lordosis
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poor habit
muscle imbalances abdominal weakness large abdomen pregnancy |
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Lateral curvature of the spine coupled with rotation
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Scoliosis
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Causes of Scoliosis
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Congenital (hemi vertebra)
Bone or Spinal cord Cancer Abnormal muscle tone due to disease(polio, cerebral palsey) disk protrusion Idiopathic Scoliosis (unknown causes) |
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The membranous layer that encases the spinal cord within the vertebral canal
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Dural (thecal) sac
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The narrowing of the foramen (in the vertebral column)
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Foraminal Stenosis
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What are the functions of the spinous and transverse processes?
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Muscle attachment and movement
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What is the function of the articular process?
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Restriction of movement
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Function of the vertebral arch (Pedicles + Laminae)
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Spinal Cord protection
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Function of Vertebral Body
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Weight baring
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A disorder in which the 2 sides of vertebral arches, usually in lower vertebrae, fail to fuse during development resulting in an ‘open’ vertebral canal
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Spina Bifida
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In a ______ joint the bones are united by a joint capsule composed an outer fibrous layer and an inner synovial membrane
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Synovial
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A vascular connective tissue that produces synovial fluid, which lubricates and provides nutrients to articular cartilage
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Synovial Membrane
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Degeneration of this could lead to herniation of the nucleus pulposus.
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What is degeneration of the annuls fibrosis?
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What is the imaging technique of choice when herniation of the vertebral disk is suspected?
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MRI
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Which nerves are compressed when herniaition occured between 2 vertebrae?
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The nerve named after the lower vertebra.
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Found only in the cervical vertebrae. What are they called when articulated
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Unicinate processes
Uncovertebral joints |
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1. Anterior Longitudinal Ligament
2. Posterior Longitudinal Ligament |
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1. Ligamentum Flavum
2. Interspinous Ligament 3. Supraspinous Ligament |
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Which ligaments of the spine are stretched during full flexion of the spine?
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Ligamentum Flavum, Interspinous Ligament, Supraspinous Ligament, Posterior Longitudinal Ligament and Facet Joint Capsule
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Which ligament limit back extension?
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Anterior Longitudinal Ligament
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What are the characteristics of a zygophophyseal joint?
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Synovial Joint
Guides/Limits movement in adjacent vertebrae |
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Which region has the greatest region of mobility for the zygopophysial joints?
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Cervical
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Where is 50% of the cervical rotation located?
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50% in the atlantoaxial joint (C1-C2)
50% in the rest (C2-C7) |
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Where does nodding occur?
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Atlantoccipital joint
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