cervical and thoracic spine

What type of CR angle is required for an RAO projection of the cervical spine?

15° caudad

What type of CR angle is required with the AP axial-vertebral arch projection?

20-30 caudal

What is the total number of bones in the adult vertebral column

24

What additional measure can be taken if the patient cannot depress the shoulders adequately for the cervicothoracic (swimmer's) lateral projection?

Angle the CR 3° to 5° caudad

For a lateral projection of the cervical spine, the exposure is initiated during full inspiration of the lungs

False

Which two bony landmarks must be superimposed for an AP open mouth projection?

Front incisors and base of skull

A comminuted fracture of the anterior and posterior arches of C1 is termed:

Jeffersons fracture

The soft, semigelatinous inner part of the intervertebral disk is termed:

Nucleus pulposus

The articulations between C1 and the occipital condyles of the skull are termed:

Occipitoatlantal joints

A lumbar rib is an example of a/an

Transitional (extra) vertebrae

The costotransverse joint is formed between the

Tubercle of the rib and transverse process of the vertebra

An abnormally increased "sway-back" spinal curvature is termed:

lordosis

The thoracic spinal curvature is classified as a primary curve.

true