Vertebral Column
- Previous year questions on Vertebral Column for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Anatomy section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 28 live questions in Vertebral Column.
- 5 of 28 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
- Anatomy is worth about 17 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 3 Sept 2026.
Q1.what is true regarding chassaignac's tubercle ?
- Ait is landmark of otic ganglion
- Bit is seen in occipital region of skull
- Cit is anterior tubercle of transverse process of c6 vertebra✓ Correct answer
- Dall the above
Q2.Left-Right movement of skull occurs at
- AC2 - C3
- BAtlanto - occipital joint
- CAtlanto - axial joint✓ Correct answer
- DC4 - C5
Q3.Hemivertebra is a defect of
- ABody✓ Correct answer
- BTransverse process
- CSpine
- DPosterior vertebral arches
Q4.Structure forming the Posterior 1/3 of vertebral canal is
- APosterior Longitudinal Ligament
- BLigamentum Flavum✓ Correct answer
- CPosterior 1/3 of Vertebral Body
- DPosterior 1/3 of Intervertebral Disc
Q5.Primary curvatures of vertebral column are
- ACervical & lumbar
- BThoracic & sacral✓ Correct answer
- CCervical & thoracic
- DThoracic & Lumbar
Q6.Which cervical vertebra that does not have a body or spinous process?
- AC1✓ Correct answer
- BC2
- CC3
- DC4
Q7.For side to side movement at neck which of the following joint involved (2019)
- AAtlanto - axial joint✓ Correct answer
- BAtlanto -occipital joint
- COccipital -axial joint
- DC6 - C7 articulation
Q8.The movements at the _____ joint permit a person to look to the right and left
- AAtlanto-occipital
- BAtlanto-axial✓ Correct answer
- CC2-C3
- DC3-C4
Q9.Epidural venous plexus is located in
- ABasal ganglia adjacent to pons
- BAt the junction of middle and posterior cranial fossa
- CIn vertebral canal below duramater
- DIn vertebral canal above duramater✓ Correct answer
Q10.What is normally seen in lumbar spine:-
- AScoliosis
- BLordosis✓ Correct answer
- CKyphosis
- DRecurvatum
Answer key
Q1: C. it is anterior tubercle of transverse process of c6 vertebra; Q2: C. Atlanto - axial joint; Q3: A. Body; Q4: B. Ligamentum Flavum; Q5: B. Thoracic & sacral; Q6: A. C1; Q7: A. Atlanto - axial joint; Q8: B. Atlanto-axial; Q9: D. In vertebral canal above duramater; Q10: B. Lordosis.
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