1. What is the name of the most superior cervical vertebra? 2. The occipital bone sits on what vertebra? 3. What is C 2 called? 4. The atlas rotates on what vertebrae? 5. How many cervical vertebrae are there? 6. How many thoracic vertebrae are there? 7. How many lumbar vertebrae are there? 8. The most inferior vertebra rests on the 9. The main weight bearing portion of a vertebra is the 10. Which of the vertebrae are the largest? Why? 11. Which group of vertebrae have holes in their transverse processes? 12. When vertebrae are stacked on each other what holes become evident between the vertebrae? 13. What extends out between adjacent vertebrae through the holes mentioned in \#10? 14. The spinal cord travels through what part of a vertebra? 15. What are the shock absorbers located between adjacent vertebrae called?.