Figure 2: Cadaveric sample of the thoracic spine. 1: Vertebral body, 2: intervertebral disk, 3: superior and inferior costal facets, 4: transverse process, 5: transverse costal facet, 6: superior articular process, 7: inferior articular process, 8: spinous process, 9: inferior vertebral notch. (The small cavities appearing on the vertebrae are used to restraint them in the formation of the thoracic spine)