Across
- 1. The Axis is this vertebrae.
- 2. composed of sixteen to twenty "horse shoe shaped rings of hyaline cartilage". Is a "flexible tube".
- 3. The Atlas is this vertebrae. This helps hold the skull in place while it is rotating.
- 4. Located behind the trachea. The structure which food enters during proper swallowing.
- 6. The structure which divides the thoracic and abdominal cavity
- 8. Composed of a dozen pairs of ribs
- 9. There are seven of these vertebrae and they are the highest group of vertebrae of the spine.
- 11. These are commonly referred to as the collar bones
- 13. Ribs eleven to twelve
- 14. Is the front of the vertebrae
- 15. Ribs eight to ten
- 16. Are connected by fibrocartilage and intervertebral cartilages.
- 17. Composed of the Sacrum, Illium, Pubic Bone, and Ischium. Vertebral column connects with lower extremities through this.
Down
- 1. There are five of these vertebrae and these are fused.
- 2. There are twelve of these vertebrae. These are the second highest vertebrae.
- 5. There are five of these vertebrae. These are the second lowest group of vertebrae.
- 7. There are five of these vertebrae. These are the third lowest group of vertebrae.
- 10. The top seven ribs
- 11. These are commonly referred to as the shoulder blades
- 12. This vertebrae has a "conspicuous spinal process that you can feel"
