Typical thoracic vertebra in lateral and superior view.

Lateral view of vertebral column curvature in an adult, showing cervical (red), thoracic (brown), and lumbar (yellow) vertebrae, and the sacrum and coccyx (orange).

Lateral view of a typical 2nd lumbar vertebra.

Lateral view of the thoracic vertebrae, showing the mamillary, accessory, and lateral processes of T12.

Superior view of the thoracic vertebrae (superior four, 1st column; middle four, 2nd column; inferior four, 3rd column).

Anterior view of young female with scoliosis; (left] patient is standing upright with scapula, spinal column and iliac crests visible; note curvature of spine and asymmetry of paired bilateral structures; (right) patient is bending forward from waist, a

Transverse MRI of thoracic spine (VB, vertebral body; H, head of rib; SC, spinal cord; E, epidural fat; L, lamina; T, tubercle of rib; TS, transversospinalis muscles. )

Anterior view of thoracic vertebrae with ribcage.

Anterior view of the vertebral column, showing the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae, and the sacrum and coccyx.

Vertebral column in anterior and lateral view.

The spinal cord within the bony vertebral canal. Emergence of spinal nerves at various levels.

Posterior view of the bony thorax showing the ribcage, vertebrae and left scapula.

Thoracic vertebra