Anatomy 2

Which region of the vertebral column contains the most number of vertebrae?

How many vertebrae are there in total in the vertebral column?

What is the function of the vertebral column?

What is the name of the structure formed by the fusion of the 5 sacral vertebrae?

Which type of curvature is concave posteriorly?

Which part of the rib articulates with the transverse process of the corresponding vertebra?

What is the purpose of the costal groove on the inferior border of the rib?

Which part of the sternum articulates with the clavicles and the first and upper part of the second costal cartilages?

What is the clinical significance of the sternal angle (Angle of Louis)?

How many pairs of posterior sacral foramina are there?

Which part of the sacrum articulates with the coccyx?

How many vertebrae are fused together to form the coccyx?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the typical cervical vertebrae?

What is the function of the thoracic cage?

What is the proper name for the 7th cervical vertebra?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the typical thoracic vertebrae?

How many pairs of spinal nerves exit off the spinal cord?

Which pairs of ribs are attached anteriorly to the sternum by their costal cartilages?

What is the function of the intervertebral foramen?

Which of the following is NOT a function of the intervertebral discs?

What percentage of the length of the vertebral column is formed by the intervertebral discs?

Which part of the intervertebral disc acts as a shock absorber?

What is the function of the annulus fibrosus in the intervertebral disc?

Which vertebral segments have no intervertebral discs?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the annulus fibrosus in the intervertebral disc?

What is the composition of the annulus fibrosus in the intervertebral disc?

What is the composition of the nucleus pulposus in the intervertebral disc?

What is the name of the disc between the L2 and L3 vertebral segments?

Which ligament connects the atlas with the occipital bone?

What type of joint is formed between the atlas and the occipital bone?

What is the function of the uncovertebral joints in the cervical spine?

Which ligament connects the head of each rib with the side of the bodies of two vertebrae?

What type of joint is formed between the tubercle of the rib and the adjacent transverse process?

How many vertebrae does the 7th rib articulate with?

What type of joint is formed between the cartilages of the true ribs and the sternum?

Which part of the intervertebral disc fills the central part and absorbs compression forces between the vertebrae?

Which type of joint allows slide and glide motion between the articular processes of the vertebrae?

Which ligament connects the laminae of adjacent vertebrae and helps preserve the upright posture of the vertebral column?

Which part of the vertebrae is connected by the supraspinous ligament and extends from the seventh cervical vertebra to the sacrum?

Which joint allows rotation of the atlas (and, with it, the skull) upon the axis?

Which ligament retains the odontoid process in contact with the anterior arch of the atlas?

Which set of joints are the atlanto-occipital and atlanto-axial joints?

Which ligament limits backward bending and supports the anterior convexity in the lumbosacral area?

Which ligament is within the vertebral canal and extends along the posterior surfaces of the bodies of the vertebrae?

Which ligament covers a plexus of arteries, veins, and lymphatics and the nutrient foramina in the vertebral canal?

Which ligament has a relatively low tensile strength and does not significantly restrict forward bending?

Which type of joint are the articulations of vertebral bodies?

How many ways does each vertebra articulate with the upper and lower vertebrae?

What is the function of the intervertebral discs?

Which ligaments connect the cartilages of the true ribs to the sternum?

What type of joint are the sternocostal joints?

Which joint movements are responsible for moving the ribs in a superior and lateral direction?

What motion does the sternocostal joint alone perform?

What holds the lateral end of each costal cartilage to the rib?

What type of joint are the costochondral articulations?

What are the two types of motion performed by the sternocostal joint?

What is the function of the anterior and posterior radiate sternocostal ligaments?

What type of movements are permitted in the sternocostal joints?

What is a zygapophysial joint?

What does the supraspinous ligaments connect?

Above C7, what is the supraspinous ligament referred to as?

What are interspinous ligaments?

What are intertransverse ligaments?

What ligaments together make the cruciate ligament of the atlas?

What is the tectorial membrane an extension of?

Where are the alar ligaments?