The Thorax & Vertebrae with labeled photographs By Andrew W The Thorax & Vertebrae with labeled photographs By Andrew W. Parsons Copyright 2000, All Rights Reserved. To advance to next slide: -click mouse or “page down” To return to the previous slide: -press “page up”
Sternum: anterior view posterior view Manubrium Body or gladiolus Xiphoid process
Right Ribs Shaft 1st rib Tubercle Neck Head Floating rib Head Neck
The vertebral column Atlas Sacrum Axis Coccyx 7 cervical 12 thoracic 5 lumbar 5 sacral (fused) 3-4 coccygeal (fused)
The Atlas superior view Posterior tubercle & arch Transverse foramen Superior articular process & facet Transverse process Transverse process Anterior tubercle & arch
The Atlas inferior view The Atlas inferior view Posterior tubercle & arch Transverse foramen Transverse foramen Inferior articular process & facet Transverse process Transverse process Anterior tubercle & arch
Notice that the transverse processes point downward The Atlas anterior view Superior articular process Transverse process Anterior tubercle Transverse process Inferior articular process Notice that the transverse processes point downward
The Axis lateral view Dens Superior Vertebral articular process & facet Vertebral foramen Spine Lamina Transverse foramen Transverse process
The Axis superior view Spine Lamina Vertebral foramen Superior articular process & facet Dens Transverse process
The Axis inferior view Spine Inferior articular process & facet Lamina Vertebral foramen Pedicle Body or centrum Transverse foramen Transverse process
The Axis anterior view Dens Superior articular process & facet Transverse process Body or centrum
A typical cervical superior view Spine or spinous process Lamina Vertebral foramen Pedicle Superior articular process & facet Body or centrum Transverse process Transverse foramen
A typical cervical inferior view Spine or spinous process Inferior articular process & facet Lamina Vertebral foramen Pedicle Body or centrum Transverse foramen Transverse process
A typical thoracic superior view Spine or spinous process Lamina Transverse process Vertebral foramen Superior articular process & facet Pedicle Body or centrum
A typical thoracic inferior view Spine or spinous process Transverse Pedicle Vertebral foramen Inferior articular process & facet Body or centrum
A typical thoracic lateral view Transverse process Spine Costal or spinous process Costal facet Superior articular process & facet Inferior articular process & facet Pedicle Body or centrum
Thoracic vertebrae lateral view Costal facet Costal demifacet Body or centrum
A typical lumbar superior view Spine or spinous process Superior articular process & facet Transverse process Lamina Pedicle Vertebral foramen Body or centrum
A typical lumbar inferior view Spine or spinous process Inferior articular process & facet Vertebral foramen Pedicle Transverse process Body or centrum
A typical lumbar lateral view Superior articular process Spine or spinous process Transverse process Inferior articular process & facet Pedicle Body or centrum
The sacrum & coccyx posterior view Superior articular process & facet Median sacral crest Posterior sacral foramina Coccyx
The sacrum anterior view Anterior sacral foramina Coccyx
The sacrum lateral view Median sacral crest Auricular surface
The sacrum superior view Median sacral crest Superior articular process & facet Sacral canal Body or centrum
The End Presentation & Photographs by Andrew W. Parsons Copyright 2000, All Rights Reserved.