Anatom3DThoracic vertebral column
Columna vertebralis thoracica · Hrudní páteř
Skeleton
Looks like
The chest part of the spine: 12 vertebrae (T1–T12) curving gently backward, each carrying a pair of ribs.
What it does
Supports the trunk and protects the spinal cord; the ribs make it the stiffest part of the spine.
Keeping it well
An excessive hunch (kyphosis) or side curve (scoliosis) shows here; progressing curves in teenagers need follow-up.
Its parts
- Intervertebral disk of first thoracic vertebra
- Intervertebral disk of second thoracic vertebra
- Intervertebral disk of third thoracic vertebra
- Intervertebral disk of fourth thoracic vertebra
- Intervertebral disk of fifth thoracic vertebra
- Intervertebral disk of sixth thoracic vertebra
- Intervertebral disk of seventh thoracic vertebra
- Intervertebral disk of eighth thoracic vertebra
- Intervertebral disk of ninth thoracic vertebra
- Intervertebral disk of tenth thoracic vertebra
- Intervertebral disk of eleventh thoracic vertebra
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Axial spondyloarthritis
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoma
- Scoliosis
- Spina bifida & neural tube defects
- Spinal cord injury
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency