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