Your third lab quiz will be on the axial skeleton. Expect 10 skull questions and 10 questions for the rest. For the different types of vertebrae, you will be expected to know the specific type (Atlas, axis, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum) and the landmarks.

Below is a typical thoracic vertebrae. Try to identify the landmarks. Also try to come up with something that helps you remember. When done, be sure to do the atlas/axis, the cervical, and the lumbar pages. Also look at the sacrum.

Word Bank Body of thoracic vertebrae Demifacet Inferior articulating facet/process Intervertebral foramen Spinous process Superior articulating facet/process Transverse facet Transverse process Vertebral arch Vertebral foramen

Atlas is the titan who held up the sky. He had a daughter with a mortal named Calypso. Would that make Calypso a demititan instead of a demigod? Superior articulating facet/process Inferior articulating facet/process Transverse process Vertebral arch Transverse Facet Spinous Process Demifacet Body of thoracic vertebra Anterior tubercle of atlas Transverse/costal facet Vertebral foramen Intervertebral foramen