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Lecture quiz on spine
- 1.Ehich segment of the cervical spine does NOT experience lateral rotation?
- A.
C1-Occiput
- B.
C1-2
- C.
C2-3
- D.
C3-4
- E.
C7-T1
- 2.Identify the incorrect statement regarding the cervical vertebrae
- A.
Oval shaped end plates that curl up at the lateral edges
- B.
Paired uncinate processes which guide movement
- C.
Triangular shaped vertebral foramen
- D.
Transverse processes have 2 tubercles for muscle attachment
- E.
Foramen transversarium through which passes the vertebral artery at all levels
- 3.Identify the incorrect statement regarding the cervical disc
- A.
Cresent shaped annulus that becomes thinner laterally
- B.
Lower water content than the thoracic or lumbar disc
- C.
The nucleus is highly vascular and innervated
- D.
An uncovertberal cleft can be identified that advances to divded the disc by age 14
- E.
Disc prolapse rarely occurs posteriorlaterally
- 4.Which of the following is NOT true of longus colli?
- A.
Innervated by the ventral rami C2-6
- B.
Inserts onto the transverse processes of C3-C5
- C.
Inferior fibres originate at vertebral bodies of C5-T3
- D.
Inserts onto the transverse processes of C1-3
- E.
Superior fibres originate on transverse processes of C3-6
- 5.Which of the following is NOT true of the intertransversarii?
- A.
Originates on the transverse processes of T1-C2
- B.
Line of action produces lateral flexion
- C.
All fibres are innervates by the posterior primary rami
- D.
Anteriolateral fibres are innervated by the anterior rami
- E.
Inserts onto the tubercle of the superior transverse process
- 6.The orientation of the zygapophyseal joints on the thoracic spine is approximately
- A.
45 degrees to the sagittal plane
- B.
60 degrees to the sagittal plane
- C.
90 degrees to the sagittal plane
- D.
0 degrees to the frontal plane
- E.
45 degrees to the frontal plane
- 7.Which tissue of the thoracic spine has the highest elastic component?
- A.
Nuscleus pulposis
- B.
Annulus fibrosus
- C.
Ligamentum flavum
- D.
Posterior longditudinal ligament
- E.
Interspinous ligament
- 8.Which nerve can be found in the inferior margin of the intervertebral foramen (IVF)
- A.
Sypathetic ganglion
- B.
Gray ramus communicans
- C.
Recurrent meningeal
- D.
Ventral ramus
- E.
Dorsal root ganglion
- 9.Which of the following is NOT true of the cervical spine?
- A.
Cresent shaped annulus
- B.
Kidney shaped vertebral body
- C.
Adjacent vertebrae articulate via the uncovertebral joint
- D.
Disc is divided by the uncovertebral cleft
- E.
Posterior annulus is thin walled
- 10.Which stucture of the lumbar spine recieves innervation from the sinuvertebral nerve?
- A.
Outer 1/3 of the annulus
- B.
Periosteum of teh spinous process
- C.
Zygapophyeseal joints
- D.
Posterior lumbar musculature
- E.
Skin over the vertebrae
- 11.The gray rami communicans innverates what structures of the lumbar spine?
- A.
Vertebral end plates
- B.
Zygapophseal joints
- C.
Fibres of multifidus
- D.
Outer 1/3 of the disc
- E.
Nucleus pulposis
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