Relier Pairs vertebral column Version en ligne identify the correct region/ curvature to its purpose par Hanna Hicks 1 secondary curves 2 lumbar vertebrae 3 Thoracic vertebrae 4 vertebral canal 5 intervertebral foramen 6 sacrum 7 vertebral column 8 coccyx 9 primary curves 10 Cervical vertebrae forms part of the axial skeleton. It comprises 31 firmly connected irregular bones and makes up the axis of the trunk 12 bones, forms the vertebral column of the thorax and articulate with the ribs 3-5 bones that fuse to form the coccyx thoracic and pelvic curves that are present at birth 7 bones of the neck, allows the head to rotate on the neck 5 bones, largest vertebrae designed to support the weight of the body an opening located posterior to the vertebral body for the passage of the spinal cord and meninges an opening located between the pedicles of adjacent vertebrae, it allows the spinal nerves spinal nerves to exit the vertebral canal 5 bones, fuse to form the large triangular sacrum cervical and lumbar curves that develops after birth