Vertebrae And Ribs Flashcards
Second vertebrae
Axis
Middle of sternum
Body of sternum
Round disk that sit on top of each other
Body of vertebrae
1-7 vertebrae
Cervical
Tailbone
Coccyx
Connects ribs to sternum
Costal Cartilage
Little point on the axis
Dens
Bottom 5 pairs of ribs
False ribs
No cartilage on ribs
Floating ribs
Rounded part of vertebrae
Head
Two flat spots on bottom of vertebrae
Inferior articular surface
Area between ribs
Intercostal spaces
Disks between the vertebrae
Intervertebral disks
Holes between each vertebrae
Intervertebral foramen
Between spinous and transverse process
Lamina
5 vertebrae in lower back
Lumbar
Top part of sternum
Manubrium
Between head and tubericle
Neck
Area between body and the transverse process
Pedicle
24, flat
Ribs
Holds hips together
Saccrum
Holes in the saccrum
Sacral foramen
Main portion of rib
Shaft
Bump you feel on your backbone
Spinous process
Breastbone
Sternum
Superior articulate surface
Two flat areas on top of each vertebrae
Top 7 pairs of ribs
True ribs
Vertebrae of the chest area; 7 of them
Thoracic
Wings that go to the outside of the ribs
Transverse process
Bump on the rib
Tubercle
24 of them; irregular
Vertebrae
Holes in the vertebrae
Vertebral foramen
Tip of the sternum
Xiphoid process
First vertebrae
Atlas