Matching Pairs vertebral column Online version identify the correct region/ curvature to its purpose by Hanna Hicks 1 Thoracic vertebrae 2 secondary curves 3 vertebral canal 4 coccyx 5 primary curves 6 Cervical vertebrae 7 sacrum 8 vertebral column 9 lumbar vertebrae 10 intervertebral foramen forms part of the axial skeleton. It comprises 31 firmly connected irregular bones and makes up the axis of the trunk an opening located posterior to the vertebral body for the passage of the spinal cord and meninges 7 bones of the neck, allows the head to rotate on the neck 5 bones, largest vertebrae designed to support the weight of the body an opening located between the pedicles of adjacent vertebrae, it allows the spinal nerves spinal nerves to exit the vertebral canal 12 bones, forms the vertebral column of the thorax and articulate with the ribs thoracic and pelvic curves that are present at birth 5 bones, fuse to form the large triangular sacrum cervical and lumbar curves that develops after birth 3-5 bones that fuse to form the coccyx