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