Cervical Thoracic Spine PREPARATION
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● how may vertebrae make up an average adult spine. Answer: 26
7-c spine
12-t spine
5- lumbar
1 - sacrum (5 child)
1-coyccx (4 child)
● How many cervical vertebrae are there?. Answer: 7 (C1-C7)
● what are the primary curves of the spine (soon after birth). Answer:
1st-thoracic
2nd-sacral (pelvis)
● what are the compensatory curves of the spine (occur as children
begin to raise their heads / sit up / walk). Answer: 1st-cervical
2nd-lumbar
,● what parts of the spine have a concave curvature (posterior
perspective). Answer: lordotic-(rounded inward)
cervical
lumbar
● what parts of the spine have a convex curvature (posterior
perspective). Answer: kyphotic-(rounded outward)
thoracic
sacral (pelvis)
● define kyphosis. Answer: exaggerated thoracic curvature -
"humpback"
Increased convexity
● define lordosis. Answer: exaggerated lumber curvature - "swayback"
increased concavity
● define scoliosis. Answer: Exaggerated lateral curvature
Dextroscoliosis - Right
Levoscoliosis - Left
Lumbar / Thoracic Region
Affects Pelvis thus walking
, ● where does the spinal cord start and terminate. Answer: starts-medulla
oblongata
travels through spinal canal of vertebrae (vertebral foramina)
terminates-at the lower boarder of L1 (Conus medullaris)
● what travels through the transverse foramen of the cervical spine.
Answer: vertebral arteries and vertebral veins
● atlanto-occipital joint. Answer: between C1 (atlas) and occipital bone
(skull)
synovial-diarthrodial-ellipsoid (condyloid)
nod head "yes"
● median atlanto-axial joint. Answer: between C1 anterior arch (atlas)
and C2 dens (axis)
synovial-diarthrodial-pivot (trochoid)
shake head "no"
● lateral (right an left) atlanto-axial joint. Answer: between C1 inferior
articular surface (atlas)
and C2 superior articular processes (axis)
synovial-diarthrodial-plane (gliding)
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● how may vertebrae make up an average adult spine. Answer: 26
7-c spine
12-t spine
5- lumbar
1 - sacrum (5 child)
1-coyccx (4 child)
● How many cervical vertebrae are there?. Answer: 7 (C1-C7)
● what are the primary curves of the spine (soon after birth). Answer:
1st-thoracic
2nd-sacral (pelvis)
● what are the compensatory curves of the spine (occur as children
begin to raise their heads / sit up / walk). Answer: 1st-cervical
2nd-lumbar
,● what parts of the spine have a concave curvature (posterior
perspective). Answer: lordotic-(rounded inward)
cervical
lumbar
● what parts of the spine have a convex curvature (posterior
perspective). Answer: kyphotic-(rounded outward)
thoracic
sacral (pelvis)
● define kyphosis. Answer: exaggerated thoracic curvature -
"humpback"
Increased convexity
● define lordosis. Answer: exaggerated lumber curvature - "swayback"
increased concavity
● define scoliosis. Answer: Exaggerated lateral curvature
Dextroscoliosis - Right
Levoscoliosis - Left
Lumbar / Thoracic Region
Affects Pelvis thus walking
, ● where does the spinal cord start and terminate. Answer: starts-medulla
oblongata
travels through spinal canal of vertebrae (vertebral foramina)
terminates-at the lower boarder of L1 (Conus medullaris)
● what travels through the transverse foramen of the cervical spine.
Answer: vertebral arteries and vertebral veins
● atlanto-occipital joint. Answer: between C1 (atlas) and occipital bone
(skull)
synovial-diarthrodial-ellipsoid (condyloid)
nod head "yes"
● median atlanto-axial joint. Answer: between C1 anterior arch (atlas)
and C2 dens (axis)
synovial-diarthrodial-pivot (trochoid)
shake head "no"
● lateral (right an left) atlanto-axial joint. Answer: between C1 inferior
articular surface (atlas)
and C2 superior articular processes (axis)
synovial-diarthrodial-plane (gliding)
