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Thorax and vertibre

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What is a dermatome?   a section of skin intervated by a single nerve  
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what is a myotome?   a group of muscles intervated by a single nerve  
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List parts of the vertebra   Body, Pedical, Lamina, Sup/inf articulating process, transverse process, spinus process, vertebral arch.  
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what makes up the intervertibral arch?   intervertibral notches  
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two ligaments dorsal to the vertibrae   interspinus ligament, supraspinus ligament  
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Pars interarticularis   part of the vertebrae located between the superior and inferior articulating process  
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describe the two longitudinal ligaments of the spine.   anterior ligament widens as it descends posterior ligament does the opposite  
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yellow ligament   ligamentum flavum connects the lamina of adjacent vertibrae  
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tectrial membrain    
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describe cervical vertibrae   Transvers foreman, vertebral prominence(c7). Ligamentum nuchae,  
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bone that articulates with the occidental condyle   atlas, has no body  
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Bone responsible for the greatest rotation in the spine   Axis/dens  
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unique fetchers of the thoracic vertebrae   superior, inferior, and transverse costal facet  
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ala   What is the winged structure on the sides of the sacrum  
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sacral hiatus   gap between the sacrum and the coccyx  
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cornu   Horn like structure  
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covering of the sacral hiatus   posterior sacral ligament.  
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increased curvature of the thoracic vertebrae   kyphosis  
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lordosis   greater curvature of the lumbar vertibrae  
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scoliosus   lateral curvature of the spine  
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medulla oblongota   where the spinal cord starts  
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spinal nerves   arise from the spinal cord, pass through the intervertibral foreman  
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lumbar and cervical enlargmetns   area of increased mater space due to larger spinal cord  
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order of the meningies   dura mater, aracnoid matter, pia mater.  
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epidural sapace   used for pain releafe  
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denticulate ligament   teeth like structure that separates the dorsal and ventral roots  
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location of the conous medularous   L2  
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what is the lumbar cistern?   area of the sub acracnoid space after the conus medularus  
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where dose the filum terminale inturnous end   S2  
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dorsal root ganglion   a bundle of nerve body containing sensory nerves.  
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dorsal vs ventral ramus   the nerves leaving directly from the spinal cord  
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rhizotomy   cutting of the dorsal and ventral root in order to stop sensory or motor function  
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paravertibral ganglion    
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ostioperosis   weakening of the bones often leading to increase chance of compression fractures.  
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sympathetic nervous system    
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parasympothetic nervous system    
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