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THE TRUNK AND SPINAL COLUMN MANUAL OF STRUCTURAL KINESIOLOGY R.T. FLOYD, EDD, ATC, CSCS Manual of Structural Kinesiology The Trunk and Spinal Column 12-1 THE TRUNK AND SPINAL COLUMN Manual of Structural Kinesiology The Trunk and Spinal Column • VERTEBRAL COLUMN – COMPLEX • 24 INTRICATE & COMPLEX ARTICULATING FREE MOVABLE VERTEBRAE • 31 PAIRS OF SPINAL NERVES • MOST COMPLEX PART OF BODY OTHER THAN CNS • ABDOMINAL MUSCLES • SOME SECTIONS LINKED BY FASCIA & TENDINOUS BANDS • DO NOT ATTACH FROM BONE TO BONE • MANY SMALL INTRINSIC MUSCLES ACT ON HEAD, VERTEBRAL COLUMN, & THORAX • ASSIST IN SPINAL STABILIZATION OR RESPIRATION • TOO DEEP TO PALPATE BONES The Trunk and Spinal Column • 24 ARTICULATING & 9 FUSED VERTEBRAE • 7 CERVICAL (NECK) VERTEBRAE • 12 THORACIC (CHEST) VERTEBRAE • 5 LUMBAR (LOWER BACK) VERTEBRAE • 5 SACRUM (POSTERIOR PELVIC GIRDLE) VERTEBRAE • 4 COCCYX (TAIL BONE) VERTEBRAE • FIRST 2 CERVICAL VERTEBRAE - SHAPES ALLOW FOR EXTENSIVE ROTARY MOVEMENTS OF HEAD TO SIDE, AS WELL AS FORWARD & BACKWARD MOVEMENT BONES Manual of Structural Kinesiology The Trunk and Spinal Column • 3 NORMAL CURVES WITHIN MOVEABLE SPINE • THORACIC SPINE CURVES ANTERIORLY • CERVICAL & LUMBAR SPINE...