Axial Skeleton – Vertebral Column & Thoracic Cage

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Name of Region 1

Please Identify:
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Number of Vertebrae in Region 1

Vertebra:

Name of Region 2

Number of Vertebrae in Region 2

Vertebra:

Name of Region 3

Number of Vertebrae in Region 3

5

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Special Features to identify an Atlas Vertebra:

No body

No Spinous Process

Has transverse foramen

Has superior articular process concave

Fovea dentis

Has body

Has spinous process with bifurcation

Has transverse foramen

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Special Features of the Cervical Vertebra - Axis - C2:

Has Body

Has Spinous Process with bifurcation

Has transverse foramen

No body

Fovea dentis

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Special features of the C3 – C7 vertebrae:

Has a body

Has transverse foramen

Spinous process is bifurcated

C7 vertebra has a long spinous process without bifurcation

Long spinous process pointing downwards

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Special features of the thoracic vertebrae:

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Special features of the vertebra:

Spinous process is short thick

Medium-sized Body

Body Large

Spinous process directed forward

Spinous process directed posteriorly

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Axial Skeleton – Vertebral Column & Thoracic Cage

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