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11 Cards in this Set
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What vertebrae serve as attachments for the ribs?
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Thoracic verebrae
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What vertebrae serve as attachments so as to form the posterior anchor of the thoracic cage?
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Thoracic vertebrae
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What vertebrae typically have spinous processes that slant obliquely downward?
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Thoracic Vertebrae
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Which what do the thoracic vertebrae's spinous processes point?
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Obliquely downward
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What distinguishes the thoracic vertebrae from all the other types of vertebrae?
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Presence of costal facets or costal demifacets
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Where does the head of each rib attach on the vertebral column?
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The costal facets or costal demifactes on the lateral sides of the body and on the lateral sides of the transverse processes
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what attaches to the costal facets on the transverse processes?
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The tubercle of each rib
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What do T11 and T12 lack? Why?
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Costal facets because they are floating ribs and do not have tubercles
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What region are the largest vertebrae of the vertebral column located?
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Lumbar region
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How are the lumbar vertebrae easily identified?
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Identified by their heavy bodies and thick, blunt spinous processes used for attachment by powerful back muscles.
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What are spinal taps and where are they insterted?
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Used to collect spinal fluid, are typically performed by inserting a needle between L3 and L4 (L3/L4 intervertebral space).
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