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