NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA APEX EXAM WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS |VERIFIED
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NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA APEX
How many vertebrae make up the vertebral column? How much in each section? - ACCURATE ANSWERS 33 total vertebrae
Cervical = 7
Thoracic = 12
Lumbar = 5
Sacral = 5 fused together that form sacrum
Coccygeal = 4 fused together to form coccyx
What form the vertebral foramen? - ACCURATE ANSWERS...
NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA APEX EXAM
NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA APEX EXAM WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS |
VERIFIED
How many vertebrae make up the vertebral column? How much in each
section? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 33 total vertebrae
Cervical = 7
Thoracic = 12
Lumbar = 5
Sacral = 5 fused together that form sacrum
Coccygeal = 4 fused together to form coccyx
What form the vertebral foramen? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The
laminae and pedicles. (Join the anterior and posterior segments)
,What lays within the vertebral foramen? (3) - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Spinal cord, nerve roots, epidural space
What do the spinal nerves exit the vertebral column through? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Intervertebral formina
What is the role of the facet joint? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ guides
and restricts movement of the vertebral column.
What does injury to a facet joint do? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Can
compress the spinal nerve that exits the respective intervertebral
formina, causing pain and muscle spasm along the associated
dermatome.
What is the role of the intervertebral disc? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Shock absorber
What can occur with disc degeneration? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Reduces the size of intervertebral formina and can cause nerve
compression.
Order the spinal ligaments from superficial to deep
-Posterior longitudinal ligament
-Ligamentum flavum
-Anterior longitudinal ligament
What are the 5 ligaments of the spinal column? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Superficial to deep:
-Supraspinous Ligament
-Interspinous Ligament
-Ligamentum Flavum
-Posterior Longitundinal Ligament
-Anterior Longitudinal Ligament
What does the supraspinous ligament connect? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Joins the tips of the spinous processes
What does the interspinous ligament connect? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Joins the spinous processes
What are the 4 key info points to know about the ligamentum flavum? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ -There are 2 flava that run the length of
the spinal canal
-They form the dorsolateral margins of the epidural space
-They are thickest in the lumbar region
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