Front Bones 22-32 Flashcards
Neck vertebrae
Cervical vertebrae
Disk sets here
Centrum of body of vertebrae
Spinal cord lives here
Vertebral canal
Dorsal projection
Spinous process
Horizontal projections “wings”
Transverse process of vertebrae
Cranial articulating process
Prezygapophyses
Caudal articulating process
Postzygapophyses
Transverse processes of lumbar vertebrae
Pleuropophysis of lumbar vertebrae
Up and down movement
Atlas - C1
Holes inside atlas within the vertebral canal
Atlantal foramen
Holes in transverse processes
Transverse foramen of the atlas
Rotational movement
Axis - C2
Axis “axle” that the atlas rotates on
Odontoid process or dens
Chest vertebrae
Thoracic vertebrae
Articulation site of ribs
Demifacets of thoracic vertebrae
Abdominal vertebrae (lower back)
Lumbar vertebrae
Floor to the thorax
Sternum
Individual pieces that make up the sternum
Sternebrae
Most cranial sternebra
Manubrium
Most caudal sternebra
Xiphoid process
Protect the thorax in the form of a cage
Ribs
Articulated with the demifacets
Head or capitulum of the rib
Articulates with the transverse processes. Below the head
Tuberculum of the rib
Dogs do not have a collarbone, cats do
Clavical (collarbone)