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