Alar ligaments will attach the cranium to the C2 vertebrae and prevent excessive___?

What movement is permitted at the atlanto-axial joint?

The greatest amount of flexion is allowed in this region.

This ligaments maintains the stability of the IV joints and limits extension of the vertebral column:

What do the atlanto-occipital joints permit?

The secondary (adaptive) curvatures consist of:

How many atlanto-axial articulations are there?

The greatest amount of extension is allowed in this region:

How many vertebrae does the adult vertebral column usually consist of?

The Thoracic and Sacral curvatures are __ anteriorly.

Where are IV discs the thickest?

These joints are located between the bodies of the vertebrae and their discs serve as shock absorbers.

What is the primary movement of the Throacic segment of the spine?

Where is the most inferior functional disc located?

Which vertebra has the most promininent spinous process?

What do Facet joints facilitate/control?

This spinal segment has no vertebral body and no spinous process.

Significant motion only occurs in the superior ___ vertebrae.

Which vertebrae is the strongest?

What is contained in the vertebral canal?

Spinous processes in the Thoracic region project which direction?

Which ligament is responsible for holding the dens firmly in pace against the anterior tubercle of C1?

The spinous processes turn toward the abnormal curvature (concavity)

What is unique about the nuchal ligament?

What is are the primary movements at the Atlas (Cervical 1)?

What is the primary movement at the Axis (Cervical 2)?

Each Intervertebral disc (IVD) consists of which 2 structures?

What is the most common direction for a disc herniation?

The extrinsic back muscles include ___ and ___ muscles.

What are considered the primary curvatures?

The dens articulate with which arch of the atlas?

The greatest amount of rotation is allowed in this region:

Where are IV discs the thinnest?

The cervical and lumbar (lordoses) are ___ anteriorly.

There is no IV disc between which two vertebrae?

What makes the sacroiliac joints different from other synovial joint?

The “dens” or odontoid process is a distinguishing feature of which vertebrae?

Which region of the vertebral column contains the most vertebrae?

What determines the relative thickness of the IV discs?

What movement do facet joints permit?