- Three or four fused vertebrae (C1), forming one small, triangular bone
- "tailbone"
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Coccyx
, - five weight-bearing vertebrae (L1-L5), together forming a lordosis curve of the spine
- "dinner at 5" for 5 lumbar vertebrae
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Lumbar
- first seven vertebrae (C1-C7)
- "breakfast at 7" for 7 cervical vertebrae
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Cervical
- triangular shaped, superior part of the sternum
- articulates with costal cartilages of ribs 1-2 and clavicles
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manubrium
- specific name for C1 vertebrae
- ring-like vertebra articulating with the occipital condyles to support the skull
- lacks a vertebral body, spinous process, and lamina
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- "tailbone"
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Coccyx
, - five weight-bearing vertebrae (L1-L5), together forming a lordosis curve of the spine
- "dinner at 5" for 5 lumbar vertebrae
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Lumbar
- first seven vertebrae (C1-C7)
- "breakfast at 7" for 7 cervical vertebrae
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Cervical
- triangular shaped, superior part of the sternum
- articulates with costal cartilages of ribs 1-2 and clavicles
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manubrium
- specific name for C1 vertebrae
- ring-like vertebra articulating with the occipital condyles to support the skull
- lacks a vertebral body, spinous process, and lamina
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