Flashcards in Day 9 Deck (17):
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What is the semicircular region of the bone attached to the back of the vertebral body called?
The vertebral arch
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What is the name given to the anterior part of the vertebral arch?
The pedicle
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What is the name given to the posterior part of the vertebral arch?
The lamina
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What is the name given to the feature located at the upper and lower surfaces of the pedicle?
The superior vertebral notch or superior vertebral incisure;
The inferior vertebral notch or inferior vertebral incisure
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What is the generic orientation of the pedicle at each region of the spine?
Cervical- posterolateral
Thoracic- posterior, slight lateral
Lumbar- posterior
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What ligament will attach to the lamina?
The ligamentum flavum
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What is the name given to abnormal bone at the attachment site of the ligamentum flavum?
Para-articular process
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What classification of bone will para-articular processes represent?
Accessory bone
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What is the name given to the overlap of laminae seen on X-ray?
Shingling
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What is the name given to the lamina - pedicle junction at each region of the spine?
Cervical- articular pillar; thoracic and lumbar - pars interarticularis
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What is the name given to the junction of the vertebral arch- spinout process on lateral X-ray?
the spinaolaminar junction
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What is the name given to the tubular bone growth regions of the vertebral arch?
the apophyseal regions
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What names may be given to each apophysis of the spine?
the transverse apophysis or transverse process; articular apophysis or articular process; spinous apophysis or spinous process
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What is the generic orientation of the transverse process or transverse apophysis at each region of the the spine?
cervical- anterolateral; thoracic- posterolateral; lumbar- lateral
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All non-rib-bearing vertebra of the spine retain what equivalent feature?
the costal element
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What is the name given to the rounded elevation at the end of the transverse apophysis or transverse process?
the transverse tubercle
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