Lumbar vertebra: short questions for viva

Lumbar vertebra

1.     Features of typical and atypical lumbar vertebra

2.     Contents of 1^st and 2^nd lumbar vertebral canal

3.     Lower part of 1^st lumbar vertebra : important relations

4.     Tell vertebral level of following structures

·        Termination of abdominal aorta

·        Formation of IVC

·        Duodenum

·        Highest points of iliac crest

5.     Attachment of –

·        thoraco-lumbar fascia on lumber vertebra

·        psoas major muscle,

·        rt and lt crus of the diaphragm

6.     Difference between cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebra considering following topics

7.     Body of verterbra / spinous process/ transverse process/ special point for cervical . thoracic and lumbar vertebra

8.     Parts of intervertebral disc : what types of cartilage it is? What are the parts of it?

9.     Tell the development of vertebra

10.            Tell the development of nucleus pulposus .