MCQ

1. The line of gravity acting on a standing person with ideal posture passes
a. At the mastoid process of the temporal bone
b. Posterior to the second sacral vertebra
c. Anterior to the hip
d. Posterior to the knee and ankle
e. All the above
2. Body weight produces……..on vertebral column
a. Compression force
b. Shear force
c. Tension force
d. a and b
3. The anterior longitudinal ligament is
a. Narrow in cervical region and wide in lumbar region
b. Wide in cervical region and narrow in lumbar region
c. Wide in both cervical and lumbar regions
d. Narrow in both cervical and lumbar regions
4. The posterior longitudinal ligament is
a. Narrow in cervical region and wide in lumbar region
b. Wide in cervical region and narrow in lumbar region
c. Wide in both cervical and lumbar regions
d. Narrow in both cervical and lumbar regions
5. The interspinous ligaments mainly limit
a. Bending forward
b. Bending backward
c. Rotation
d. Side bending
6. The type II collagen network of the CEP
a. Prohibits swelling, with stable tissue
b. Reduce the rate of water expulsion from the pressurized NP,
c. Allowing nutrients to diffuse into the disc from the vertebral body
 d. All the above
7. The typical intervertebral junction has:
a. The transverse and spinous processes,
b. The apophyseal joints (facet joints)
c. Interbody joint
d. All the above
8. Facet joints at cervical region have an angle of inclination of
a. 20 degrees
b. 45 degrees
c. 60 degrees
d. 90 degrees
9. The Atlanto-axial joint is
a. Pivot joint
b. Plane joint
c. Condyloid joint
d. Saddle joint
10. The effects of pelvic tilting on the kinematics of the lumbar spine include
a. Anterior pelvic tilt increases lumbar lordosis and posterior pelvic tilt reduces
lumbar lordosis
b. Anterior and posterior pelvic tilt increase lumbar lordosis
c. Anterior and posterior pelvic tilt decrease lumbar lordosis
d. Posterior pelvic tilt increases lumbar lordosis and anterior pelvic tilt reduces
lumbar lordosis

True and false:

1. The degree of lordosis is less in cervical than lumbar region

2. The curvatures within the vertebral column are fixed during movements and adjustment
of posture
3. The sacrococcygeal curvature is fixed during movements and adjustment of posture
4. Lordosis in cervical and lumbar regions occurs after birth
5. The anterior longitudinal ligament becomes taut in extension and slack in flexion
6. Tension in the anterior longitudinal ligament helps limit the degree of natural kyphosis.
7. The posterior longitudinal ligament becomes increasingly taut with extension
8. The interspinous ligaments in lumbar region are the first structures to rupture in extreme
flexion
9. C1 has no body, pedicle, lamina, but has spinous process
10. Lumbar vertebrae have very wide bodies, for supporting the weight of the HAT
11. The intervertebral discs are uniquely designed as shock absorbers to protect the bone
from excessive pressure
12. The annuals fibrosis is a gelatinous structure that accounts for 40–50% of the volume of
the adult disc
13. The intervertebral disks have a hydrophobic nature
14. Extension exceeds flexion throughout the craniocervical region
15. About 20 degrees of frontal plane movement occurs to each side in the lumbar region