Download Notes: Thoracic cage and vertebrae

Skeletal SystemAxialVertebrae
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A Typical Vertebrae, Superior View
Not all vertebrae look
alike, but they do
share certain
structures:
1. Body: weight
bearing portion,
faces anteriorly
2. Vertebral arch:
composed of
lamina and
pedicle
Figure 5.17
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A Typical Vertebrae, Superior View
3. Vertebral
foramen: canal in
which the spinal
cord passes
4. Transverse
process: lateral
extensions (2)
5. Spinous process:
single projection
pointing posterior
6. Articulate
processes: site of
vertebral joints
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Figure 5.17
Regional Characteristics of Vertebrae
Cervical Vertebrae (7)
Atlas: First vertebra
(no body)
Allows “yes” nod, by
holding the occipital
condyles (see green arrow)
Axis: 2nd vertebra
(small body)
Allows “no” pivot
where the dens
articulates to the atlas
Figure 5.18a
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Regional Characteristics of Vertebrae
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remembering
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Foramen for the
carotid artery
90 degree forms an
“L”
Figure 5.18b
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Sacrum and Coccyx
 Sacrum
 Formed by the fusion
vertebrae
 Forms posterior wall of
pelvis
 Articulates to the hip
 Coccyx
 Formed from the fusion of
vertebrae
 “Tailbone”
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The Bony Thorax (AKA: Thoracic Cage)
 Forms a cage to protect major thoracic organs
 Consists of three parts
 Sternum
 Ribs
 Thoracic vertebrae
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Boney Thorax (AKA: Thoracic Cage)
Sternum: (composed of 3 bones)
• manubrium
• Body
• xiphoid process
Figure 5.20a
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Boney Thorax (AKA: Thoracic Cage)
Ribs:
12 pairs
1st seven “true” ribs,
attach to sternum
8-10 “false” ribs
indirectly attached to
sternum or not attached
11-12 AKA floating ribs
Figure 5.20a
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