Clinically Oriented Anatomy 6th 8th Edition Moore
Test Bank
How many total vertebrae in the verterbral column? - ANSWER:33
Number of Cervical verterba? - ANSWER:7
Number of Thoracic vertebra? - ANSWER:12
Number of Lumbar vertebra? - ANSWER:5
Number of Sacral vetebra? - ANSWER:5
Number of coccygeal vertebra? - ANSWER:4
What are the atypical cervical vertebrae? - ANSWER:C1, C2, C7
What are the typical cervical vertebrae? - ANSWER:C3-C6
Where are the spinous processes short in the cervical vertebrae? - ANSWER:C3-C5
Where are the spinous processes short and bifid? - ANSWER:C2-C6
, What are the typical thoracic vertebrae? - ANSWER:T2-T9
What are the atypical thoracic vertebrae? - ANSWER:T1, T10-T12
Bifid spinous processes are more common in what two groups? Less common? (2 groups) -
ANSWER:whites and males; african americans and females
Motion occurs between the superior most 25 vertebrae. What is this joint called? -
ANSWER:zygapophysial or facet joint
The facet joint is what type of joint? - ANSWER:plane joint, synovial joint
What two things join together to form this joint? - ANSWER:The superior and inferior articular processes
What are the three things a vertebra consists of? - ANSWER:vertebral body, vertebral arch, and seven
processes
Where do the spinal nerves emerge from? - ANSWER:The intervertebral foramen
What makes up the intervertebral foramen? - ANSWER:The inferior and superior vertebral notches
Cervical Vertebra form the skeleton of the _____ - ANSWER:Neck
What is the most distinctive feature of a cervical verterba? - ANSWER:foramen transversarium- this
permits verterbal arteries and veins passing through them, located by the transverse process
What vertebra neither has a body or a spinous process? - ANSWER:C1, the atlas
Test Bank
How many total vertebrae in the verterbral column? - ANSWER:33
Number of Cervical verterba? - ANSWER:7
Number of Thoracic vertebra? - ANSWER:12
Number of Lumbar vertebra? - ANSWER:5
Number of Sacral vetebra? - ANSWER:5
Number of coccygeal vertebra? - ANSWER:4
What are the atypical cervical vertebrae? - ANSWER:C1, C2, C7
What are the typical cervical vertebrae? - ANSWER:C3-C6
Where are the spinous processes short in the cervical vertebrae? - ANSWER:C3-C5
Where are the spinous processes short and bifid? - ANSWER:C2-C6
, What are the typical thoracic vertebrae? - ANSWER:T2-T9
What are the atypical thoracic vertebrae? - ANSWER:T1, T10-T12
Bifid spinous processes are more common in what two groups? Less common? (2 groups) -
ANSWER:whites and males; african americans and females
Motion occurs between the superior most 25 vertebrae. What is this joint called? -
ANSWER:zygapophysial or facet joint
The facet joint is what type of joint? - ANSWER:plane joint, synovial joint
What two things join together to form this joint? - ANSWER:The superior and inferior articular processes
What are the three things a vertebra consists of? - ANSWER:vertebral body, vertebral arch, and seven
processes
Where do the spinal nerves emerge from? - ANSWER:The intervertebral foramen
What makes up the intervertebral foramen? - ANSWER:The inferior and superior vertebral notches
Cervical Vertebra form the skeleton of the _____ - ANSWER:Neck
What is the most distinctive feature of a cervical verterba? - ANSWER:foramen transversarium- this
permits verterbal arteries and veins passing through them, located by the transverse process
What vertebra neither has a body or a spinous process? - ANSWER:C1, the atlas
