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| what separates the vertebral column |
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| what holds the vertebral column together |
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| what suppports and manipulates the vertebral column |
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| what is the shape of the vertebral column in a fetus and new born |
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| name the primary curvatures in the adult vertebral column |
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thoracic curvature
sacrococcygeal curvature |
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| how does the thoracic curvature curve? |
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| how does the sacrococcygeal curvature curve? |
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| name the secondary curvatures of the adult vertabal column |
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cervical curvature
lumbar curvature |
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| how do the secondary curvatures curve? |
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| what causes the cervical curvature |
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| what causes the lumbar curvature |
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| what causes the natural curvatures int he vertebral column |
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| variations in the thickness or intervertebral discs |
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| Name three conditions which lead to an exaggeration of curvatures |
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kyphosis
lordosis
scoliosis |
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| exaggarated thoracic curvature |
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| exaggerated lumbar curvature |
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| exaggerated lateral curvature |
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| how many cervical certebrae |
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| how many thoracic vertebrae |
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| how many lumbar vertebrae |
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| how many sacral vertebrae |
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| how many coccyx vertebrae |
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| 4 and they are variably fused |
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| what are the 2 parts of the intervertebal discs |
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annulus fibrosis= tough outer layer
nucleus pulposus= soft inner nugget |
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| what is the function of the intervertebral discs |
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| acts as a shock absorber, contains fluid (retention overnight results in a slight increase in height, loss due to old age results in reduced height) |
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| excessive pressure or injury and can cause the nucleus pulposus to protrude through the annulus fibrosis |
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| which was does the disk slip, when herniated |
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| what are the most likely areas to herniate |
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| between vertebrae L4/L5 and L5/S1 |
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| runs the length of the vertebral column on the anterior and lateral surface of the vertebral bodies and intervertebral disks |
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| anterior longitudinal ligament |
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| posterior surface of the vertebral bodies and intervertebral disks, saw-tooth shaped, covers posterior part but it is absent on posterolateral part of the vertebrae and intervertebral discs |
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| posterior longitudinal ligament |
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| continuous ligament attaching adjacent spinous process tips (very strong) |
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| discrete set of ligaments attaching adjacent borders of the spinous process(very weak) |
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| short broad ligaments interconnecting adjacent laminae, supports facet joints, however, elastic enough to allow flexion/extension of vertebral column |
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| ligamentum flavum ligament |
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| what ligament gets punctured during lumbar puncture |
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| dense, triangular midline ligament extends from the external occipital protuberance to the spine of C7 and attaches to the median part of the external occipital crest, the posterior tubercle of C1 and the medial aspect of the cervical bifid spines |
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| bones of the skull that form the walls of the cranial cavity that houses the brain |
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| bones of the skull that form the facial region that supports and protects the eyes and entryways to the respiratory and digestive systems |
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| the middle ear bones which transmit sound from the outer ear to the inner ear |
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