thoracic vertebra

A thoracic vertebra endochondral element that is composed primarily of a bone tissue. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the thoracic vertebra is

A thoracic vertebra endochondral element that is composed primarily of a bone tissue. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the thoracic vertebra is

It sits in the thorax, back and trunk, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the thoracic vertebra connects to

The atlas records 28 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of dorsum, thoracic region of vertebral column and thoracic segment of trunk, and 1 more.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the thoracic vertebra. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as dorsal vertebra, thorax vertebra, vertebra of thorax and vertebra thoracica. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002347, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: dorsum, thoracic region of vertebral column, thoracic segment of trunk and trunk.
• A kind of: bone element, organ, skeletal element, trunk region element and vertebra.
• subtype: thoracic vertebra 1, thoracic vertebra 10, thoracic vertebra 11, thoracic vertebra 12, thoracic vertebra 2 and thoracic vertebra 3, and 6 more.
• contains: postzygapophysis of thoracic vertebra, prezygapophysis of thoracic vertebra, thoracic vertebral arch and thoracic vertebral foramen.
• connects: costovertebral joint and intervertebral disk of seventh cervical vertebra.
• composed of: bone tissue.

Questions

Where is the thoracic vertebra?

It sits in the thorax, back and trunk, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the thoracic vertebra connect to?

Part of: dorsum, thoracic region of vertebral column, thoracic segment of trunk and trunk.

Is the thoracic vertebra the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.