Table 2.

Anterior and posterior human thoracic vertebral body heights

	Vertebral body height anterior (VBHA)		Vertebral body height posterior (VBHP)
Vertebral level	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Average vertebral body height*
C7	13.89	1.42	14.38	2.22	14.14
T1	14.49	1.23	15.28	1.14	14.88
T2	15.01	1.51	16.11	1.67	15.56
T3	15.65	1.85	17.41	1.12	16.53
T4	15.42	1.46	18.15	1.54	16.79
T5	15.84	1.07	17.33	2.16	16.59
T6	16.04	1.43	18.22	1.38	17.13
T7	15.94	1.61	18.67	1.64	17.31
T8	16.99	1.70	20.05	1.77	18.52
T9	18.26	2.12	20.25	2.44	19.26
T10	18.98	1.40	20.35	1.89	19.67
T11	19.60	1.92	22.67	1.38	21.14
T12	20.80	1.96	23.12	1.94	21.96

Refer to Fig. 1 for abbreviations.

All measurements are in mm.

^*Average vertebral body height is the average of the VBHA and VBHP at each vertebral level.