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1
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What are the modifications of the superior epiphyseal rim of a typical cervical?

A

Anterior groove, posterior groove, right and left uncinate processes

2
Q

What are the modifications of the inferior epiphyseal rim of a typical cervical?

A

Anterior lip, posterior lip, left and right lateral grooves

3
Q

What attaches to posterolateral margin and in the center of a typical cervical vertebral body?

A

The pedicle

4
Q

What surface feature is located at the upper margin of the pedicle?

A

Superior vertebral notch

5
Q

What surface feature is located at the lower margin of the pedicle?

A

Inferior vertebral notch

6
Q

What bony feature is attached to the posterior end of the pedicle?

A

The articular pillar

7
Q

What is located at the top of the articular pillar?

A

The superior articular process

8
Q

The superior articular process will provide support for what bone feature?

A

The superior articular facet

9
Q

What is located at the bottom of the articular pillar?

A

The inferior articular process

10
Q

The inferior articular process will provide support for what bone feature?

A

The inferior articular facet

11
Q

What is the name of the surface feature observed between the ends of the articular pillar?

A

The groove/sulcus for the dorsal ramus of a cervical spinal nerve

12
Q

What bone feature is attached to he posterior part of the articular pillar?

A

The lamina

13
Q

What ligament attaches to the lamina of a typical cervical?

A

The ligamentum flavum

14
Q

Ossification of the ligamentum flavum at the attachment site on the lamina will result in what feature

A

Para-articular processes

15
Q

To what parts of the typical cervical vertebra is the transverse process attached?

A

The vertebral body and the articular pillar

16
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List, in order, the osseous parts of the typical cervical vertebra transverse process beginning at the vertebral body

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

17
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What is the distal modification of the costal element of a typical cervical vertebra

A

Anterior Tubercle

18
Q

What is the distal modification of the transverse process of typical cervicals

A

The posterior tubercle

19
Q

What bony feature connects the anterior and posterior tubercles of typical cervicals

A

Costotransverse bar or intertubercular lamella

20
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What is the name given to the superior margin of the costotransverse bar?

A

Sulcus for the ventral primary ramus of a cervical spine nerve

21
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What is the name given to the modification of the anterior tubercle of the C6 transverse process?

A

Carotid Tubercle

22
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What is the usual condition for the cervical for the caucasian typical cervical spinous process?

A

They are bifid

23
Q

What is the usual condition for the african american typical cervical spinous process?

A

They are non-bifid

24
Q

What is the osseous modification at the distal end of the spinous process?

A

The spinous tubercle