| Term | Definition |
|---|
| The vertebral column encloses and protects what? | Spinal cord |
| axial skeleton refers to what? | vertebrae, skull, ribs, and sternum |
| All mammals have how many cervical vertebrae? | 7 |
| what are the three major constituents of vertebrae? | Body, arch, and processes |
| the body of a vertebra is longer in which species? | cat |
| what part of vertebrae contains the lamina and pedicles and forms the vertebral canal "foramen"? | arch |
| name the vertebral processes | spinous, transverse, cranial/caudal articular |
| this cervical vertebra is known as the atlas | C1 |
| this cervical vertebrae is known as the "yes joint" | C1 |
| this cervical vertebrae has broad lateral processes | C1 |
| What goes through the lateral vertebral foramen of the atlas? | 1st cervical nerve |
| this cervical vertebra is known as the axis | C2 |
| which vertebra contains the dens? | C2 |
| which vertebra has large dorsal processes? | C2 |
| this articulates with the atlas to form the "no joint" | C2 or axis |
| which vertebra has sled runners | C6 |
| what passes through the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae? | vertebral a, v, and n |
| What is special about T11? | known as anticlinal vertebrae |
| which vertebrae have the fovea for articulation with the ribs? | thoracic |
| how would you describe the body and spinous process of the thoracic vertebrae? | long spinous process and short bodies |
| which vertebrae have long transverse processes? | lumbar vertebrae |
| Give three characteristics of caudal vertebrae. | lose their processes, look like cylinders, and have hemal arches |
| name four synovial joints of the axial skeleton | articular processes, ribs, atlanto-occipital, atlantoaxial |
| what are the two parts of the intervertebral disk? | annulus fibrosis and nucleus pulposus |
| which ligament of the vertebral column doesn't exist in the cat? | nuchal ligament |
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