Back + Vertebrea
Skeleton and Vertebral Column
Skeleton:
Axial( in/around midline): Skull,
vertebral column, ribs
Appendicular: upper and lower
limbs
Vertebral column: made of number of
vertebrae
Supporting structure along the axis
of the body
Contains and protects the spinal
cord (part of nervous system)
Divisions of the Vertebral Column
Back + Vertebrea 1
, Curvatures of the vertebral column
Cervical part: curve bulges forward
⇒ convex anteriorly
Thoracic: hollow forward
⇒ concave
Lumber: convex anteriorly
Sacrum + coccys: concave
Abnormal curvatures:
Back + Vertebrea 2
Skeleton and Vertebral Column
Skeleton:
Axial( in/around midline): Skull,
vertebral column, ribs
Appendicular: upper and lower
limbs
Vertebral column: made of number of
vertebrae
Supporting structure along the axis
of the body
Contains and protects the spinal
cord (part of nervous system)
Divisions of the Vertebral Column
Back + Vertebrea 1
, Curvatures of the vertebral column
Cervical part: curve bulges forward
⇒ convex anteriorly
Thoracic: hollow forward
⇒ concave
Lumber: convex anteriorly
Sacrum + coccys: concave
Abnormal curvatures:
Back + Vertebrea 2
