Axial skeleton - Vertebral Column and Thoracic Cage

Green and blue region

Sternum

Green region

Manubrium

Body of sternum

Purple region

Xiphoid process of sternum

(image of top of sternum)

Suprasternal notch

Clavicular notch

Sternal angle

Ribs

Head of rib

Shaft of rib

Costal groove of rib

Neck of rib

Articular facets of rib

Tubercle of rib

Angle of rib

True rib

False rib

Floating rib

Vertebral column

Red region

Body of vertebrae

Portion of purple region along the vertebral foramen

Vertebral arch

Orange region

Pedicles of vertebrae

Yellow region

Lamina of vertebrae

Inferior vertebral notch

Superior vertebral notch

Green region

Spinous process

Pink region

Transverse processes

Light blue region

Superior articular process

Superior articular facet

Inferior articular processes

Inferior articular facet

Vertebral foramen

Cervical vertebrae

Transverse foramen of cervical vertebrae

Top circled region

Bifid spinous process of cervical vertebrae

CI (atlas)

Anterior arches of C1

Anterior tubercle of C1

Posterior arches of C1

Posterior tubercle of C1

Lateral masses of C1

Facet for dens (C1)

C2 (axis) vertebrae

Top line

Dens (C2)

Thoracic vertebrae

Name the three highlighted regions

Blue - transverse costal processes, top red - superior demi-facet, bottom red - inferior demi-facet

Spinous process of thoracic vertebrae (directed inferiorly)

Lumbar vertebrae

Orange area

Spinous process of lumbar vertebrae (blunt, hatchet-shaped)

Sacrum

What is #7?

Base of sacrum

Superior articular processes of sacrum

Apex of sacrum

Auricular surfaces of sacrum

Sacral canal

Sacral hiatus

Sacral foramina

Median sacral crest

Sacral promontory (articulates w/L5 of lumbar)

Ala of sacrum

Coccyx