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What is the purpose of the intervertebral foramina?
What is the purpose of the intervertebral foramina?
- To transmit spinal nerves and blood vessels (correct)
- To protect the vertebral artery
- To protect the spinal cord
- To transmit blood vessels
What is the function of the vertebral foramen?
What is the function of the vertebral foramen?
- To enclose and protect the spinal cord and its coverings (correct)
- To transmit spinal nerves
- To transmit blood vessels
- To articulate with adjacent vertebra
What features of the pedicles form the intervertebral foramina?
What features of the pedicles form the intervertebral foramina?
- Lateral and medial borders
- Anterior and posterior borders
- Superior and inferior borders (correct)
- Transverse processes
What is the function of the articular facets?
What is the function of the articular facets?
How many articular processes arise from the junction of the laminae and the pedicles?
How many articular processes arise from the junction of the laminae and the pedicles?
What is a characteristic of a typical cervical vertebra?
What is a characteristic of a typical cervical vertebra?
What is the direction of the pedicles in a typical lumbar vertebra?
What is the direction of the pedicles in a typical lumbar vertebra?
What is the size of the body in a typical lumbar vertebra?
What is the size of the body in a typical lumbar vertebra?
What is unique about the 7th cervical vertebra?
What is unique about the 7th cervical vertebra?
What is the shape of the vertebral foramen in a typical thoracic vertebra?
What is the shape of the vertebral foramen in a typical thoracic vertebra?
What is the function of the odontoid process in the 2nd cervical vertebra?
What is the function of the odontoid process in the 2nd cervical vertebra?
What is the shape of the body in a typical thoracic vertebra?
What is the shape of the body in a typical thoracic vertebra?
What forms the sides of the vertebral arch?
What forms the sides of the vertebral arch?
What is the main function of the vertebral column?
What is the main function of the vertebral column?
What is the number of intervertebral discs in the vertebral column?
What is the number of intervertebral discs in the vertebral column?
How many vertebrae are there in the vertebral column?
How many vertebrae are there in the vertebral column?
What is the function of the intervertebral discs?
What is the function of the intervertebral discs?
What is the name of the cavity that contains the spinal cord?
What is the name of the cavity that contains the spinal cord?