Spinal Column
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| Cervical Vertebrae | smallest vertebrae, spinous process forks, look for transverse foramina
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| Transverse Foramina | two small holes on transverse process of cervical vertebrae for cranial nerves
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| Atlas | first cervical vertebra, has no body, articulates with occipital condyles
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| Axis | second cervical vertebra, has dens
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| Dens | knoblike projection on axis; atlas rotates around dens (Remember Atlas rotates around Axis just like Earth rotates around an axis!...Atlas = Earth)
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| Thoracic Vertebrae | looks like a giraffe from the side; long, downward slanting spinous process
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| Articular Facets | smooth area on tips of tranverse processes of thoracic vertebrae where the ribs articulate
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| Lumbar Vertebrae | larger vertebrae; looks like a moose from the side, spinous process is much larger and projects straight back
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| Sacrum | Large triangular bone with holes
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| Coccyx | "tail bone", hangs off sacrum
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| Ribs | C-shaped bones
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| Sternum | looks like a necktie
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| Manubrium | most superior part of sternum; the "knot" of the necktie
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| Body | rectangular main portion
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| Xiphoid Process | small projection at inferior end of sternum
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| Sternal Angle | ridge between manubrium and body
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