Exercise 9 vertebral column and thorax review

Manubrium, body, xiphoid process

3 bones of the sternum

Sternum, ribs, costal cartilage, thoracic vertebrae

4 parts of the thoracic cage

Demifacet of thoracic vertebrae

Articulates with rib posterity

Thoracic cage

Bony protection for thoracic organs

Suprasternal or jugular notch

Concave depression in superior surface of manubrium

Vertebral foramen

Encloses and protects the spinal chord

Ribs 8-10

False ribs

Atlas

First cervical vertebra

Ribs 11-12

Floating ribs

Vertebral arch

Formed by fusion of pedicles and lamina

Intervertebral foramen

Opening for spinal nerve exit

Tubercle

Part of rib that articulates with transverse process of thoracic vertebrae

Head

Part of the rib that articulates with the body of the thoracic vertebrae

Transverse foramen

Passage way for vertebral arteries in cervical vertebrae

Thoracic, sacral

Primary curvatures

Axis

Second cervical vertebra

Cervical and lumbar

Secondary curvatures

Intervertebral disc

Softens jolts to the vertebral column

Transverse foramen

Special feature present on the transverse process of cervical vertebrae

Superior demifacet, inferior demifacet, facet for articular part of tubercle

Special features present on thoracic vertebrae for rib articulations

Coccyx

Tailbone

axis

The odontoid process that is a part of which bone?

Ribs 1-7

True ribs

Intercostal space

space between ribs