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