Vertebral Column

Front 1

name of C7 vertebra

Back 1

vertebra prominens

Front 2

scapula is between which two vertebrae?

Back 2

T2 and T7

Front 3

names for line connecting the tops of the iliac crests and purpose

Back 3

Tuffier's line, supracristal plane

crosses L4 line, so can find CSF below spinal cord

Front 4

primary curvatures

Back 4

thoracic and sacral

Front 5

secondary curvatures

Back 5

cervical and lumbar

Front 6

name of joint between superior articular process and inferior articular process

Back 6

zygapophysial joint

Front 7

name of part of cervical vertebrae that forms a lip on the lateral surface of the body and joins cervical vertebrae together

Back 7

uncinate process

Front 8

supply 1/3 of the blood supply to the brain

Back 8

left and right vertebral arteries

Front 9

joint between atlas and skull

Back 9

atlanta-occipital joint

Front 10

process extending off the axis

Back 10

dens, odontoid process

Front 11

part of lamina between superior and inferior articular processes

Back 11

pars interarticularis

Front 12

forward displacement of a vertebra(especially of L5) usually due to fracture of pars interarticularis

Back 12

spondylolisthesis

Front 13

extreme thoracic curvature

Back 13

kyphosis

Front 14

extreme lumbar curvature

Back 14

lordosis

Front 15

formed from remnants of superior articular processes and spinous processes on sacrum

Back 15

median sacral crest

Front 16

space formed because S4 and S5 don't fuse

Back 16

sacral hiatus

Front 17

"wings" of sacrum

Back 17

ala

Front 18

ligament that runs from the sacrum to the base of the skull and its function

Back 18

anterior longitudinal ligamet

prevents hyperextension

Front 19

ligament that runs along the most posterior part of the spinous processess

Back 19

supraspinous ligament

Front 20

name of supraspinous ligament in between spinous processes

Back 20

interspinous ligament

Front 21

ligament that runs within the vertebral canal along the posterior part of the vertebral bodies and its function

Back 21

posterior longitudinal ligament

prevents hyperflexion and disc herniation

Front 22

articulation of PLL with skull

Back 22

tectorial membrane

Front 23

ligaments that make up the cruciform (cruciate) ligament

Back 23

transverse ligament of the atlas, superior and inferior longitudinal bands

Front 24

ligaments from dens to lateral margins of foramen magnum

Back 24

alar ligaments

Front 25

ligament on inside of lamina and its function

Back 25

ligamentum flavum (yellow)

restores hyperextended and hyperflexed spine to its neutral position

Front 26

name for ligamentum flavum near skull

Back 26

posterior atlanto-occipital membrane

(vertebral artery passes through this)

Front 27

ligament that extends from external occipital protuberance and posterior surface of foramen magnum to cervical vertebrae

Back 27

nuchal ligament

Front 28

2 parts of intervertebral disks

Back 28

annulus fibrosis and nucleus pulposus

Front 29

a hernia of an IV disk impinges which nerve?

Back 29

the nerve below the disk (herniated L5 disk impinges S1 nerve)

Front 30

venous system in vertebral foramen and its key feature

Back 30

Batson's plexus

valveless

Front 31

trapezius muscle

origin
insertion
function
innervation

Back 31

origin-base of skull down to T12 vertebra
insertion-clavicle, scapula
function-shrugging shoulders
innervation-CN 11, spinal accessory nerve

Front 32

latissimus dorsi

origin
insertion
function
innervation

Back 32

origin-lower half of thoracic vertebrae down to sacrum, lumbodorsal fascia
insertion-humerus
function-swimmer's muscle (adduction, medial rotation, extension)
innervation-thoracodorsal nerve

Front 33

serratus posterior inferior

location
attachment
function

Back 33

location-inferior to latissimus dorsi
attachment-ribs
function-breathing

Front 34

borders of triangle of petit

Back 34

latissimus dorsi, external abdominal oblique, iliac crest

Front 35

borders of triangle of auscultation

Back 35

trapezius, latissimus dorsi, scapula (or rhomboids)

Front 36

semispinalis capitis

insertion

Back 36

insertion-between superior and inferior nuchal lines

Front 37

obliquus capitis superior and inferior

Back 37

borders of the suboccipital triangle, both allow for lateral rotation of atlas on axis

Front 38

rectus capitis posterior major and minor

Back 38

major is a border of suboccipital triangle, both allow for extension of neck and head

Front 39

C1 spinal nerve lacks what?

Back 39

a sensory component (and thus a dorsal root ganglion)

Front 40

suboccipital nerve is dorsal ramus to what spinal nerve?

Back 40

C1