Vertebral Column + Thoracic Cage

1

1

Superior articular process

2

Sacrum

3

Anterior sacral foramen

4

Coccyx

1

Superior articular process

2

Sacral canal

3

Sacrum

4

Coccyx

5

Tubercle

6

Posterior sacral foramen

7

Sacral hiatus

1

True ribs (vertebrosternal ribs)

2

Vertebrochondral

Which ribs are fake?

8-10 (vertebrochondral ribs) and 11-12 (vertebral ribs)

4

Floating ribs (vertebral ribs)

5

Thoracic vertebra

6

Manubrium

7

Body

8

Xiphoid process

9

Sternum

10

Ribs

11

Costal cartilage

1

Transverse process

2

Transverse foramen

3

Superior articular facet

4

Vertebral foramen

5

Bifid spinous process

6

Body

7

Lamina

1

Facet that articulates with rib head

2

Vertebral foramen

3

Superior articular facet

4

Facet that articulates with rib tubercule

5

Transverse process

6

Spinous process

7

Body

8

Pedicle

9

1

Vertebral foramen

2

Transverse process

3

Superior articular process

4

Spinous process

5

Body

6

Pedicle

7

Lamina

1

Facet that articulates with dens of axis

2

Facet that articulates with occipital condyle

3

Transverse foramen

4

Transverse process

5

Vertebral foramen

6

Atlas

1

Spinous process

2

Dens

3

Inferior articular process

4

Transverse process

5

Anterior articular facet for atlas

6

Superior articular facet

7

Transverse foramen

8

Body

1

Superior articular facet

2

Transverse foramen

3

Body

4

Axis

5

Dens (odontoid process)

6

Spinous process

1

Cervical curvature

2

Thoracic curvature

3

Lumbar curvature

4

Pelvic curvature

5

Vertebra prominens

6

Rib facet

7

Intervertebral discs

8

Intervertebral foramina

9

Sacrum

10

Coccyx

11

Cervical vertebrae

12

Thoracic vertebrae

13

Lumbar vertebrae

How many bones are in the neck? Including giraffes.

7

How many bones are a part of the cervical vertebrae?

7 (C1-C7)

How many bones are a part of the thoracic vertebrae?

12 (T1-T12)

How many bones are a part of the lumbar vertebrae?

5 (L1-L5)

How many bones are a part of the sacral vertebrae?

5 (S1-S5)

How many bones are a part of the coccygeal vertebrae?

4 (Co1-Co4)

What vertebrae is fused together?

The Sacral and Coccygeal

Why is your spine curved?

You are bipedal and need to withstand gravity (your guts don’t fall out)

What number is the Atlas?

C1

What number is the Axis?

C2

Why do we have the axis?

It makes a tighter curve to allow you to turn your head without it falling off

Which ribs are true?

1-7 (vertebrochondral ribs)