Lecture quiz on spine
C1-Occiput
C1-2
C2-3
C3-4
C7-T1
Oval shaped end plates that curl up at the lateral edges
Paired uncinate processes which guide movement
Triangular shaped vertebral foramen
Transverse processes have 2 tubercles for muscle attachment
Foramen transversarium through which passes the vertebral artery at all levels
Cresent shaped annulus that becomes thinner laterally
Lower water content than the thoracic or lumbar disc
The nucleus is highly vascular and innervated
An uncovertberal cleft can be identified that advances to divded the disc by age 14
Disc prolapse rarely occurs posteriorlaterally
Innervated by the ventral rami C2-6
Inserts onto the transverse processes of C3-C5
Inferior fibres originate at vertebral bodies of C5-T3
Inserts onto the transverse processes of C1-3
Superior fibres originate on transverse processes of C3-6
Originates on the transverse processes of T1-C2
Line of action produces lateral flexion
All fibres are innervates by the posterior primary rami
Anteriolateral fibres are innervated by the anterior rami
Inserts onto the tubercle of the superior transverse process
45 degrees to the sagittal plane
60 degrees to the sagittal plane
90 degrees to the sagittal plane
0 degrees to the frontal plane
45 degrees to the frontal plane
Nuscleus pulposis
Annulus fibrosus
Ligamentum flavum
Posterior longditudinal ligament
Interspinous ligament
Sypathetic ganglion
Gray ramus communicans
Recurrent meningeal
Ventral ramus
Dorsal root ganglion
Cresent shaped annulus
Kidney shaped vertebral body
Adjacent vertebrae articulate via the uncovertebral joint
Disc is divided by the uncovertebral cleft
Posterior annulus is thin walled
Outer 1/3 of the annulus
Periosteum of teh spinous process
Zygapophyeseal joints
Posterior lumbar musculature
Skin over the vertebrae
Vertebral end plates
Zygapophseal joints
Fibres of multifidus
Outer 1/3 of the disc
Nucleus pulposis
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