Vertebral Column

Front 1

Plain old bones (no defining features)

Back 1

L1-L5

Front 2

Curve in front (ex:thoracic and sacral curve)

Back 2

Anteriorly Concave

Front 3

Curve in back (ex: cervical and lumbar curve)

Back 3

Anteriorly Convex

Front 4

Over pronounced thoracic curve

Back 4

Kyphosis

Front 5

Over pronounced lumbar curve

Back 5

Lordosis

Front 6

Lateral curvature to entire column

Back 6

Scoliosis

Front 7

How many vertebral bones in an infant?

Back 7

33

Front 8

How many bones in an adult vertebral column?

Back 8

26

Front 9

# of thoracic vertebrae

Back 9

12

Front 10

# of cervical vertebrae

Back 10

7

Front 11

# of lumbar vertebrae

Back 11

5

Front 12

# of sacral bones in a child

Back 12

5

Front 13

# of coccygeal bones in a child

Back 13

4

Front 14

Composed of pedicle and lamina

Back 14

Vertebral arch

Front 15

Incomplete arch

Back 15

Spina bifida

Front 16

Contains spinal cord

Back 16

Vertebral canal

Front 17

Passageways for spinal nerves

Back 17

Intervertebral foramen

Front 18

# of transverse process

Back 18

2

Front 19

# of Superior articular process (w/ facet)

Back 19

2

Front 20

Inferior articular process (w/ facet)

Back 20

2

Front 21

# of spinous process

Back 21

1

Front 22

Have transverse foramen?

Back 22

C1-C7

Front 23

Have a bifid spinous process

Back 23

C2-C6

Front 24

Has vertebrae prominens

Back 24

C7

Front 25

"Atlas"

Back 25

C1

Front 26

Occipital joint that lets you say yes

Back 26

Atlanto

Front 27

No body, no bifid, anterior arch and posterior arch, forms atlanto, the atlas

Back 27

C1

Front 28

"Axis"

Back 28

C2

Front 29

Axial joint that lets you say no

Back 29

Axis (atlanto)

Front 30

Has a dens

Back 30

C2

Front 31

For rib articulation found on transverse processes

Back 31

Costal facets

Front 32

Superior and inferior on body for rib articulation

Back 32

Demi-facets

Front 33

Shock absorbers between successive centra

Back 33

Intervertebral discs

Front 34

Jelly filled center, shock absorber

Back 34

Nucleus Pulposus

Front 35

Outer ring of fibrocartilage, tough

Back 35

Anulus fibrosus

Front 36

Nucleus compressed, anulus pushed partway into canal

Back 36

Slipped disc

Front 37

Nucleus bursts through anulus, leaks into canal, very ouch

Back 37

Herniated disc

Front 38

Treatments for Herniated disc

Back 38

Physical therapy, needle aspiration, surgery to remove protruding portion, surgery to remove entire disc and fuse 2 vertebrae

Front 39

How many ribs in the thoracic cage?

Back 39

24 (12 pairs)

Front 40

Pair 1-7, true ribs

Back 40

Vertebrosternal

Front 41

Pair 8-10, false ribs

Back 41

Vertebrochondral

Front 42

Pair 11-12, false floating ribs

Back 42

Vertebral

Front 43

3 portions of sternum

Back 43

Manubrium, gladiolus, xiphoid process