ANATOMY - The Manual Therapy Institute

The thoracic kyphosis is the result of lesser anterior height of the thoracic vertebral body and a slight wedge shape of the thoracic discs. The average thoracic kyphosis ranges from 20 - 40 degrees with the apex of the curve being at the . T 7 -T 8 level. The thoracic vertebral bodies are approximately as wide as they are long, and very high. ................
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