Assertion: vertebral column's curve | /r/HasProperty | convex anteriorly
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Source sentences:
text: The thoracic and pelvic curves have their concavities in front, and thus enlarge the spaces in which the thoracic and pelvic viscera are contained; the two other curves are convex anteriorly, and thus afford support to the parts above them.
text: This curve is convex posteriorly, thus making room for the heart, lungs and great vessels that lie within the chest.
text: sacrococcygeal curve: anteriorly concave curvature formed by the sacrum and coccyx; a primary curve of the vertebral column