â Christian name â forename â given name. 1. 'first name'. Your first name is the name that was given to you when you were born. Your first name comes in front of your surname. At some point in the conversation Brian began calling Philip by his first name. In British English, people sometimes use Christian name instead of first name.
The intervertebral fusion cage is a large, hollow cylinder made of some type of metal, usually titanium. It is designed as a cage so that bone graft can be placed inside the hollow cylinder to allow a spinal fusion to occur between two vertebrae.
The thoracic cage is made up of bones and cartilage along with joints and an assortment of muscles and other soft tissues. The part that opens into the neck is called the superior thoracic aperture, and the bottom of the thoracic cage (the inferior thoracic aperture) is closed by a muscle called the diaphragm. Its main function is to protect your heart, lungs, and major blood vessels located inside.