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1
Q

What is the name given to the topographical elevation t the base of the neck?

A

vertebral prominence

2
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What name is given only to C7?

A

vertebra prominens

3
Q

IN what percentage of men and of women does C7 become the vertebral prominence?

A

men: eighty-six percent and women: seventy-nine percent

4
Q

What is the segment and gender bias for vertebrae other than C7 becoming the vertebral prominence?

A

C6 is more common in females and T1 is more common in males

5
Q

How many joint surfaces are present at the vertebral body of C7?

A

eight

6
Q

What muscle(s) attaches to the vertebral body of C7?

A

longues colli muscle

7
Q

What are the osseous parts of the transverse process of C7?

A

costal element, anterior tubercle, costotransverse bar, posterior tubercle, true transverse process

8
Q

What muscles attach to the transverse process of C7?

A

middle scalene, iliocostalis thoracis, longissimus cervicis, semispinalis capitis, rotators, intertransversarii ad levator costarum brevis

9
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What is the orientation of the superior articular facet of C7?

A

backward, upward, medial (BUM)

10
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What is the orientation of the inferior articular facet of C7?

A

forward, medial, downward (ForMeD)

11
Q

What muscles will attach to the articular process of C7?

A

longissiimus cervicis, longissimus capitis, semispinalis cervicis and multifidus

12
Q

What are the features of the spinous process of C7?

A

long, horizontal, nonbifid

13
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What muscles attach to the spinous process of C7?

A

trapezius, rhomboid minor, Serratus posterior superior, splenius capitis, spinalis capitis, spinalis cervicis, semispinalis thoracis, multifidis, rotators and interspinalis

14
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What ligaments attach to the spinous process of C7?

A

ligamentum nuchae and interspinous ligaments

15
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What namers may be given to C7?

A

vertebra prominens and vertebral prominence