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What is the shape of the centrum of the thoracic vertebrae are?
The body or centrum of the thoracic vertebrae are heart shaped. There are twelve thoracic vertebrae in humans and they are located in the chest.
Which group of vertebrae includes the atlas and axis?
The atlas and axis are among the cervical vertebrae.
What is the first cervical vertebrae in the neck?
The atlas is the uppermost vertebrae in the neck.
What is acoelous vertebrae?
Acoelous vertebrae are flat on both the anterior and posterior ends of the centrum(spool in the middle). An example would be the vertebrae in the human spine.
What is the top most vertebra of your spine called?
There are 33 Vertebrae, starting from the top (just under skull) there are: 7 cervical vertebrae 12 thoracic vertebrae 5 lumbar vertebrae 5 sacral vertebrae (fused together) 4 coccygeal vertebrae (fused together)
What region of vertebrae is the atlas located?
Cervical
What type of bone is the atlas?
The vertebrae as a whole are considered irregular bones.
What is the special name given to the first vertebrae?
Atlas
What is the uppermost vertebrae called as?
The first back bone is called as atlas. The Atlas is said to have lifted the earth. This atlas 'lifts' the skull.
Which bone joint help us move your head?
The atlas bone (named after Atlas in Greek mythology who held up the world). The first of the cervical vertebrae are the smallest vertebrae.
What is atypical vertebrae of neck?
C1 (Atlas) , and C2 ( Axis ) because they are unlike the rest of the Cervical vertebrae.
What Vertebrae are not attached to ribs called?
The cervical and lumbar vertebrae do not articulate with the ribs. The thoracic vertebrae are the only ones that articulate with the ribs.
