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What are the four major curvatures of the vertebral column and direction in which they curve?
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cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral curvature.
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Which vertebral column curve is formed when a child starts to walk?
Lumbar vertebral column
Which is the superior concave curve in the vertebral column?
The cervical lordotic curve.
What is the name of the superior concave curve in the vertebral column?
The cervical lordotic curve.
What is the term for the exaggeration of the thoracic curve of the vertebral column s?
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What sections of vertebral column curve posteriorly?
thoracic curvature and lumbar curvature
What allows flexibility in vertebral column?
The S shaped curve of the structure and the intervertebral discs!
What muscle is located on the sides of the vertebral column?
Erector spinae are the muscles that move the vertebral column.It is the largest muscle mass of the back, forming a prominent bulge on either side of the vertebral column.It is the chief extensor of the vertebral column. It is also important in controlling flexion, lateral flexion and rotation of the vertebral column and in maintaining the lumbar curve, because the main mass of the muslce is in the lumbar region.Consists of: iliocostalis, longissimus and spinalis.Erector spinae are the muscles that move the vertebral column.
What is a curvature?
Primary curvature is the concave curve of the fetal vertebral column. This is apparent in the adult thoracic and sacral regions.
What is the overall shape of the vertebral column?
There are essentially 3 curves in the human spine: 1. Cervical lordotic curve 2. Thoracic kyphotic curve 3. Lumbar lordotic curve In summary the human spine has 2 lordotic curves and 1 kyphotic curve. If you are looking at a person sideways with their face facing towards your left, the lordotic curve is concave and the kyphotic curve is convex.
What is a primary curvature?
Primary curvature is the concave curve of the fetal vertebral column. This is apparent in the adult thoracic and sacral regions.
What is the function of vertebral curves?
Humans have two vertebral curves, the primary curve and the secondary curve. The function of vertebral curves is to allow the body to cope with an even amount of weight to be distributed.
How many curvature does vertebral column have?
You have the convex anteriorly curve of cervical vertebrae. You have the concave anteriorly curve of thoracic vertebrae. Again you have the convex anteriorly curve of lumber vertebrae. The sacrum goes steep backward from the last lumber vertebra. Here no curve is described probably. So you have lardosis of cervical and lumber vertebrae. You have kyphosis of the thoracic vertebrae.
