Bio Lab // Axial Skeleton Part 2: The Vertebral Column, Sternum, and Ribs

Vertebral Column has how many vertebrae?

24 plus sacrum and coccyx

Coccyx consists of how many vertebrae?

3-5

how many lumbar vertebrae are there? (moose)

5

Sacral Canal

5 vertebrae fused together

Number of vertebrae in the neck

7

Thoracic Vertebrae have how many

12

Transverse Foramina

holes in the transverse processes

How much movement does the cervical region have

lots of movement

Three parts of the sternum are:

manubrium, body, xiphoid process

How much movement does the lumbar region have

nearly no movement

Intervertebral discs

shock-absorbing

How to determine if a rib is a right or left

the head in posterior. look for the tubercle and point it down.

What vertebrae articulates with the ribs (giraffe)

thoracic

Other articulation between rib and thoracic vertebrae is...

tubercle of the rib and the transverse costal facet work together of the transverse process of the vertebrae

How does a rib articulate with the thoracic vertebrae?

articulates simultaneously with inferior costal facet and superior costal facet of thoracic vertebrae