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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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spinal bones |
26irregular |
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before fusion/birth |
33 bones with 9fused |
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3 sections |
cervical thoracic and lumbar |
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intervertebral discs |
cushion and absorb shock |
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primary |
curves of spine at birth. usually in thoracic and sacral |
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secondary |
curves of spine that aren't at birth. usually in cervical and lumbar |
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kyphosis |
hunch back |
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lordosis |
big butt |
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transversal process |
2 lateral protrusion from arch |
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Spinous process |
fused lamina |
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articular processes |
allow vertebrae to form joints with adjacent vertebrae |
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atlas C1 |
no body and articulates with occipital bone of the skull. allows nodding yes |
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axis C2 |
rotates skull. nodding no |
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C3-C7 |
smallest and lightest. transverse foramen-allow blood to brain |
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T1-T12 |
typical vertebrae, larger body the C |
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L1-L5 |
large, block like. sturdiest, most stress |
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sacrum |
fusion of 5 vertebrae forms sacroiliac joint posterior of pelvis |
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coccyx |
fusion of 3-5 small irregular tail bone |
