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