Publisher's Synopsis
This folding study guide takes the Anatomical Chart Company’s most popular images of vertebral column anatomy and common spine disorders and puts them in a durable, portable format that is perfect for the on-the-go student. Printed on a write-on, wipe-off laminated surface, this quick-reference guide shows numbered anatomical structures and contains answers that can be concealed for easy self-testing and memorization.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Vertebral column and curvature
- Detailed views of lumbar, thoracic, and cervical vertebrae types, atlas and axis, and sacrum
- Lumbar vertebral ligaments
- Typical vertebra (superior view)
- Vertebral column muscles
- Structural features and function of intervertebral discs
- Spinal nerve irritation due to exostosis
- Herniated disc
- Common spinal disorders including kyphosis, scoliosis, lordosis and osteoporosis.
