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Monahan
Vertebral Column
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many cervical vertebrae do you have? | seven |
| How many thoracic vertebrae do you have? | twelve |
| How many lumbar vertebrae do you have? | five |
| How many sacral vertebrae fuse to form one sacrum? | five |
| How many coccygeal vertebrae fuse to form one coccyx bone? | four |
| How many total vertebrae do you have? | thirty-three |
| How many vertebrae does your teacher have? | twenty-six |
| How many spinal curvatures are there? | four |
| What two bones make up the pelvic curvature? | sacrum and coccyx |
| What are the curvatures for? | balance and shock absorption |
| What passes through the intervertebral foramina? | spinal nerves |
| What does inter- mean? | between |
| What other bones attach to the thoracic vertebrae? | ribs |
| What are the cartilage discs called between the bodies of the vertebrae? | intervertebral discs |
| Intervertebral discs are composed of which type of cartilage? | fibrocartilage |
| Which two curvatures bend anteriorly? | cervical and lumbar |
| Which two curvatures bend posteriorly? | thoracic and pelvic |
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