Chapter 9 Spinal injuries

The section of spine directly below the cervical region is called the

• Lumbar
• Thoracic
• Sacral
• Coccyx

The section of the spine immediately below the thoracic region is called the

• cervical
• lumbar
• coccyx
• sacral

The fused portion of the spine located in the pelvic region is called the

• lumbar
• sacral
• cervical
• thoracic

How many cervical vertebrae are there?

• 4
• 7
• 9
• 12

How many thoracic vertebrae are there?

• 14
• 12
• 10
• 8

How many lumbar vertebrae are there?

• 3
• 5
• 7
• 9

How many pair of ribs do we have?

• 4
• 6
• 8
• 12

R.I.C.E. stands for

• Really ignorant cute eyes
• Rest Ice Carry Everyone
• Rest Ice Compress Elevate
• Right In Clarks Ears

A bulging disc has ruptured and allowed the jelly like substance to leak out.

• True
• False

The nucleus pulposus is the

• jelly like core in the middle of a disk

• middle of the spine

• layers of cartilage

• pars interarticularis