Spinal

Spinal Column Meal Mnemonic

  • 7 cervical vertebrae — you eat cereal at 7 AM

  • 12 thoracic vertebrae — you eat Thai food at 12 PM (“Thai” = thoracic)

  • 5 lumbar vertebrae — you eat lamb at 5 PM (“Lamb” = lumbar)

  • 5 sacral vertebrae (fused) — you have salad at 5 PM (with the lamb → “salad” = sacral)

  • 4 coccygeal vertebrae (fused) — you eat cookies at 4 AM (“cookies” = coccyx)