Bony Marking Terms
A narrow ridge of a bone
What is a Crest?
Vertebra that has a long spinous process, a heart-shaped vertebral body, and articulates with the ribs.
What is T1-T12 aka the Thoracic Vertebrae?
What are the vertebral ribs/floating ribs/ribs 11&12?
The number of pieces that make up the sternum?
What is 3?
A canal-like passageway
What is a meatus?
The vertebrae that experience the most stress. They have the largest vertebral bodies.
What are L1-L5? or the Lumbar Vertebrae.
The name of the ribs attached to the 7th rib via costal cartilage.
What are the vertebrochondral ribs/ribs 8-10/false ribs?
The name of the trapezoid-shaped superior structure of the sternum that articulates with the cartilages of the 1st pair of ribs.
What is the Manubrium?
A bulging projection of a larger bone
What is a process?
These vertebra have transverse foramen in addition to the vertebral foramen. They only support the weight of the skull.
What are C3-C7 or the Cervical vertebra?
The name of the ribs directly attached to the sternum via costal cartilage.
What are the Vertebrosternal Ribs/True ribs/ ribs 1-7?
What is the body of the sternum?
A round opening through a bone.
These parts of the thoracic vertebra articulates with the ribs.
What are the costal facets?
The parts of the ribs that articulate with the thoracic vertebra?
The most inferior bone of the sternum.
What is a fossa?
The name for the part that links the transverse processes to the spinous process
The structure connecting the ribs to the sternum.
What is costal cartilage?
What is the clavicular notch?