CERVICAL SPINE

25 cards   |   Total Attempts: 189
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
Which vertebrae are the most mobile?
  • atlas
  • axis
Movements of the cervical spine?
  • felxion
  • lateral flexion
  • rotation
  • extension
Question 3
Atlas?
Answer 3
Question 4
Axis?
Answer 4
Normal vertebrae?
Answer 5
Where is the altlanto occipital joint?
  • between the superior articular surfaces for the condyles of the atlas and the cranium
What type of joint is the Atlanta occipital joint?
  • condylar synovial joint
What movement does the Atlanta occipital joint make?
  • forward flexion and extension of the neck - nodding
What type of joint is the Atlanta axial joint?
  • plane type synovial joint
What movement does it cause?
Rotation
Where does a lateral Atlanta axial joint form?
  • between superior and inferior articular surfaces of c1 and c2
Where does a meial Atlanta axial joint form?
Articular faucet for dens of c1 and articulate surface of the dens of c2
What type of joint is the atlanto axial joint?
  • pivot type synovial joint
Whats between vertebral bodies?
  • intervertebral discs made of fibrocartilage
Whats between vertebral arches?
  • synovial joints
  • covered by cartilage filled with synovial fluid which permits movement