Kinesiology 2222A/B Lecture 7: Lecture 7

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2222A/B
• Professor: Jamie Melling

Document Summary

C1 certainly lacks a body almost like it was taken by c2. Kidney shaped, heart shaped body, has a dip on the inside that creates a very circular vertebral foramen. On the superior side the facets are facing posteriorly. Inferior facets are facing anterior (towards the body) When you stack these thoracic vertebrae inferior articular processes of t2 are articulating with the superior articular processes of t3. Multi axial joint: can move on multiple axis, x,y, z. In terms of the bones they have pretty free range of motion. Where we have restriction of movement is at the articular processes. If you look at the thoracic vertebrae they can"t more forward and backwards because of the orientation of the facets in the coronal (frontal) plane. Thoracic vertebrae articulate with a rib which is specific to it. Many ribs articulate with multiple vertebrae on multiple spots.