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