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What is the difference between the cervical vertebrae and thoracic vertebrae and lumbar vertebrae?
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The Cervical vertebrae obtain:
- Bifid (meaning double) spinous processes
- Foramina transversarium for passage of nerves and vessels
- The body is a more oval shape
- Do not articuate with the ribs
The Thoracic vertebrae obtain:
- Spinous process (singular)
- No foramina transversarium
- The body is a small semi-circular shape
- Articulate with the ribs
-Have demifacets for articulation with the ribs
The Lumbar vertebrae obtain:
- Spinous process (singular)
- No transverse processes
- The body is a large circular shape
- Does not articulate with the ribs
- Demonstrates a "Scotty Dog" when positioned for a left/right anterior/posterior oblique radiograph.
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Which of the vertebrae can be associated with the chest?
The thoracic vertebrae are found in the chest region of the body. Humans have twelve thoracic vertebrae which are located between the cervical and lumbar vertebrae.
What are the features of thoraci vertebrae?
Thoracic vertebrae are between the cervical vertebrae and the lumbar vertebrae. The ones farther down the spine are larger. They have facets on the sides of the bodies for articulation with the heads of the ribs.
Where is spinal D8?
It refers to the eighth dorsal (thoracic) vertebra. In the human body there are seven cervical, twelve thoracic, five lumbar,five sacral and one coccygeal vertbrae. The are cartilaginous discs in between the adjacent vertebrae acting as shock absorbers. The nerve roots of the same number emerge below the respective vertebrae in the thoracic spine downwards. The first seven cervical nerve roots emerge above the respective vertebrae and the eighth cervical emerges between the C7 and T1.
Which Vertebrae are between the sacrum and the thoracic vertebrae?
Lumbar
Is your vertebrae movable?
Almost all the joints between vertebrae are movable. The joints between the cervical vertebrae and lumber vertebrae have fairly good movement. Between thoracic vertebrae only you have less movement. But then they do move on each other.
What characteristics help you distinguish between the different types of vertebrae?
Cervical Vertebrae- has transverse foramen, and a bifid tip of spinous process Thoracic Vertebrae- Has coastal facets on the sides of the body Lumar Vertebrae- has no transverse foramen, no bifurcated tip, and no facets on the sides of the body
How many vertebrates do cows have?
The variation in number is in the tail, where cattle can have between 18 to 20 vertebrae in the caudal region, or the tail. There are also seven cervical (neck) vertebrae, 13 thoracic (rib cage) vertebrae, six lumbar (loin) and five sacral (sirloin) vertebrae.
How can you distinguish a lumbar vertebra from a cervical vertebra?
the nerve cord is enclosed while a invertabrae nerve is opened
Why the body of the lumbar vertebra is larger than that of the thoracic vertebra and in the thoracic vertebra more than in the cervical vertebra?
The thoracic spine has twelve vertebral bodies. These structures have very little motion because they are firmly attached to the ribs and sternum (breastbone). Distinguished by the presence of coastal facets for the articulation of the heads of ribs. Body is intermediate in size between the cervical and lumbar vertebrae The lumbar spine has five vertebral bodies that extend from the lower thoracic spine (upper back) to the sacrum (bottom of the spine). The vertebral bodies of the lower back are the largest of the spine because they bear the majority of the body's weight. The paired facet joints on the back of the vertebral segments are aligned so that they allow flexion/extension but not a lot of rotation. Does not have coastal facets nor transverse process foramina
What is the bone in the backbone?
The bones of the back are the vertebrae, doughnut-shaped bones with the spinal nerves running through them and spongy cartilage discs between most of them. In humans, the spine consists of 33 vertebrae divided into five groups: the cervical vertebrae (neck), thoracic vertebrae (ribs), the lumbar vertebrae (back), the sacral vertebrae (hips) and the coccygeal vertebrae (coccyx or tailbone).
What part of the body is the spine?
Firstly, the spine is separated into three separate types of vertebrae: the first seven starting at the base of the skull are the cervical vertebrae (and the first specifically being the atlas and second the axis), the next twelve are the thoracic vertebrae, and the last five are the lumbar vertebrae. The spine ends with the large sacrum bone and then ends with the coccyx (tailbone). between these vertebrae are disks of hyaline cartilage. The vertebral column houses the spinal cord. The spinal cord branches out between each vertebrae with nerves that lead to different areas of the body.
What is the differences between the kyphosis and lordosis?
Kyphosis is a condition of over curvature of the upper back (thoracic vertebrae), making it overly convex(hunch back), while Lordosis is the condition in which the cervical and lumbar vertebrae are inwards excessively(sway back), or overly concave.
