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Title

Med Term I Chap 2 Divisions of the Back

Description

Divisions of the Back

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Subject

Medical

Level

Undergraduate 1

Created

09/03/2010

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Term

Cervical

(C)

Definition

neck region

7 cervical vertebrae

(C1 through C7)

Term

thoracic

(T)

Definition

Chest region

(12) thoracic vertabrae

(T1 through T12)

*ea. bone joined by a rib

Term

lumbar

(L)

Definition

loin (waist) or flank region (between ribs & the hip bone)

5 lumbar vertabrae

(L1 - L5)

Term

sacral

(S)

Definition

five bones

(S1through S5)

are fused to form the bone, the sacrum

Term

coccygeal

Definition

the coccyx (tailbone) is a small bone composed of four fused pieces