胸椎脊椎的一部分,位於頸椎腰椎之間[1]。人類有12塊胸椎,大小介於頸椎和腰椎之間,從上至下逐漸增大[來源請求]

胸椎
Position of the thoracic vertebrae (shown in red). In human, thoracic vertebrae consists of 12 bones. From top to down, T1, T2, …, T12.
A typical thoracic vertebra, seen from lateral side.
標識字符
拉丁文vertebrae thoracicae
MeSHD013904
TA98A02.2.03.001
TA21059
FMAFMA:9139
格雷氏p.102
骨骼解剖學術語英語Anatomical terms of bone

參考資料

  1. ^ The thoracic vertebrae were historically called dorsal vertebrae; cf. [1].

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外部連結

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