MRI Thoracic (Sagittal) - Video Lesson

Welcome back. This sectional anatomy tutorial is on the thoracic spine. This time, we'll be looking at the thoracic spine in an MRI scan in the sagittal view. In this first view of the thoracic spine, you'll notice that we're actually seeing more than just the thoracic spine. This is actually the base of the cranium, and so the first seven vertebrae here are actually the cervical spine. Below that though, we are looking at the thoracic spine. There's a few things on here that are easily identified. First, we can clearly see the tibril bodies of several vertebrae. And in between the vertebral bodies, we can see the intervertebral disc Something that we should always keep in mind when we're looking at sectional images like this is just make sure to think logically. What's thicker? The vertebral body or the intervertebral disc? As we look at this image, especially these MRI images, sometimes these things don't stand out to us immediately, but you know that the