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Thoracic Spine Anatomy

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Thoracic Spine Anatomy, Thoracic Spine

  1. See Spine Anatomy
  2. Thoracic Spine is composed of 12 Vertebrae (and 12 nerve root pairs)
  3. Thoracic kyphosis refers to the normal thoracic curvature which is concave anteriorly
  • Anatomy
  • Images
  1. General
    1. orthoSpineTLandmarksGrayBB1211.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    2. orthoSpineTLandmarksLateralGrayBB1215.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
  2. Bone
    1. orthoSpineVertebraeThoracicGrayBB90.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    2. orthoSpineVertebraeThoracicGrayBB91.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    3. orthoSpineThoracicVertebraeGrayBB314.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
  3. Ligaments
    1. orthoSpineThoracicPosteriorLongitudinalLigamentGrayBB302.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    2. orthoSpineThoracicAnteriorLongitudinalLigamentGrayBB312.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    3. orthoSpineThoracicCostoTransverseArticulationGrayBB313.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
    4. orthoSpineThoracicAnteriorLigamentumFlavumGrayBB303.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
  4. Muscles
    1. OrthoSpineTMusclesDeepGrayBB389.gifLewis (1918) Gray's Anatomy 20th ed (in public domain at Yahoo or BartleBy)
  5. Vascular
    1. See Intercostal Vessel