VERTEBRAL COLUMN/SPINAL COLUMN - General Characteristics Flashcards
What is the number of vertebrae in a typical adolescent?
33 segments
What is the number of vertebrae in a typical adult?
26 segments
What is the number of vertebrae in the typical spine?
24 segments
How many segments unite to form the typical sacrum?
5 segments
How many segments unite to form the typical coccyx?
4 segments
Which mammals do not have seven cervical vertebrae?
the two toed sloth, manatee, ant bear, and three toed sloth
Which mammals have more than seven cervical vertebrae?
the ant bear and three toed sloth
Which mammals have less than seven cervical vertebrae?
the manatee and two toed sloth
What does the term “cervical? refer to?
the region of the neck
What does the term “thoracic” refer to?
breast plate or chest; it referred to the armor bearing region of the torso
What does the term “lumbar” refer to?
the loin; the region between the rib and the hip
What does the term “sacrum” refer to?
the holy bone or holy region
what does the term “coccyx” refer to?
a cuckoo birds’ bill or cuckoo birds’ beak
