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29 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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How many cervical vertebrae are there? |
7 |
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How many thoracic vertebrae are there? |
12 |
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How many lumbar vertebrae are there? |
5 |
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How many sacrum vertebrae are there? (Child) |
5 |
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The spinal cord tapers off at the ___________. |
Conus Medullaris |
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What vertebrae does Conus Medullaris taper off? |
L2 |
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What type of curve is the cervical curve? |
Concave |
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What type of curve is the thoracic curve? |
Convex |
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What type of curve is the lumbar? |
Concave |
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What type of curve is the sacral? |
Convex |
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What is lordosis? |
concavity of lumbar spine |
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What is kyphosis? |
convexity of thoracic spine |
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What is scoliosis? |
lateral curvature of spine |
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How many pedicles of vertebrae? |
2 |
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How many laminae of vertebrae? |
2 |
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How many transverse processes of vertebrae? |
2 |
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How many spinous processes of vertebrae? |
1 |
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How many articular processes of vertebrae? |
4 |
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What forms the vertebral arch of the foramen? |
Pedicles and laminae |
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Each thoracic vertebrae has costotransverse joints except __________. |
T11 and T12 |
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The articulations of the ribs to the thoracic vertebra are referred to as _____. |
Costal joints |
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The two half moon shaped areas form a single opening known as the________. |
Intervertebral foreman |
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The articulations between C1 and the occipital condyles of the skull are called __________ |
Occipitoatlantal joints |
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Normally articulations between C2 and C1, the atlantoaxial joints are _______ |
Symmetric |
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The relationship of the dens to C1 must be perfectly _______ |
Symmertrical |
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The costotransverse joints are classified as synovial with _______ movement |
Diarthrodial |
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The right and left lateral atlantoaxial joints are classified as synovial with _______ movement. |
Diathrodial |
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The medial atlantoaxial joint are classified as synovial joints with diathrodial with a _______ movement |
trochoid |
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The CR must be angled ____ _______ to open up the lower intervertebral spaces |
20 degrees cephalad |
